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Polished One Side Shattuckite Slices x 12 From Kaokoveld, Namibia
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A large flat of 12 colourful Shattuckite, Chrysocolla, Azurite and Malachite slices that have been polished on one side and rounded off.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Shattuckite From Kaokoveld, Namibia
Shattuckite specimen from the Kaokoveld region, Kunene Province, Shattuckite with it's intense azure blue color and silky lustre, formed through supergene oxidation of primary copper sulphides in Proterozoic metasedimentary host rocks; common inclusions, include Malachite, Chrysocolla, and Bornite reflecting typical secondary copper silicate and carbonate paragenesis in silica-rich microenvironments of the oxidized zone.
PRODUCT MINERALS
Copper Silicate Hydroxide
PRODUCT COLOUR
Blue, Turquoise, Green
MOHS HARDNESS SCALE
2.5 to 3.5
PRODUCT DATA
Locality = Kaokoveld, Namibia
Grade = Good Grade
Size = 77 - 120 mm