Chrysocolla, Quartz

Specimen ID: ML5-8QT

Mineral(s)
Chrysocolla : Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O, x < 1
Quartz : SiO2
Locality
As recorded:
Mahd Adh Dhahab Mine, Wejh, Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
8.1cm x 6.6cm x 1.8cm
Events

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8.1 x 6.6 x 1.8 cm This piece features beautiful sky blue masses of chrysocolla on quartz matrix. The piece came to us labeled as coming from "Rabigh" which has a refinery but no actual mineral localities that I can find, and I can't find a reference to this name in any database or mineral book, so I assume it's from Mahd Adh Dhahab Mine which is actually a gold mine that's been worked over 3,000 years. A really cool reference specimen from the Middle East.
Brian Kosnar - 8th February 2015

Photo added to mindat.org

8.1 x 6.6 x 1.8 cm This piece features beautiful sky blue masses of chrysocolla on quartz matrix. The piece came to us labeled as coming from "Rabigh" which has a refinery but no actual mineral localities that I can find, and I can't find a reference to this name in any database or mineral book, so I assume it's from Mahd Adh Dhahab Mine which is actually a gold mine that's been worked over 3,000 years. A really cool reference specimen from the Middle East.
Brian Kosnar - 8th February 2015

Photo added to mindat.org

8.1 x 6.6 x 1.8 cm This piece features beautiful sky blue masses of chrysocolla on quartz matrix. The piece came to us labeled as coming from "Rabigh" which has a refinery but no actual mineral localities that I can find, and I can't find a reference to this name in any database or mineral book, so I assume it's from Mahd Adh Dhahab Mine which is actually a gold mine that's been worked over 3,000 years. A really cool reference specimen from the Middle East.
Brian Kosnar - 8th February 2015
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