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Chrysocolla from
Cornwall Mines, Cornwall, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA


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Cornwall Mines, Cornwall, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA
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Description
Comments:specimens of great beauty, of various shades between green and blue, sometimes of a blackish green color, and has also be found as a pseudomorph after dolomite. (Genth, pg.105)
Habit:Botryoidal and stalagtitic coatings.
Colour:Beautiful shades between blue and green, also blackish green
UV Fluorescence:none
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visual Identification
References
References:Ref 1. Second Geological survey of Pennsylvania: 1874 Preliminary Report on the Mineralogy of Pennsylvania; F. A. Genth, Pg. B.105. Ref. 2.)Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cornwall Mines, Cornwall, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA
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