Peruvian Chrysocolla 9x13-12x16mm Top Drill Irregular Flat Drop - 15-16 Inch Goethite in Amethyst It's a beautiful specimen

It's a beautiful specimen

mineral deposits can create stone in the place of the decaying wood

a type of reversible photochromism

This stone is found in the Himalayan mountains in India and is comprised of a hematite and iron shell fossil

The fibrous asbestos inclusions in the stone give it the flash that inspired its name

Peruvian Chrysocolla 9x13-12x16mm Top Drill Irregular Flat Drop - 15-16 Inch Goethite in Amethyst It's a beautiful specimenChrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors of rust, copper, black, white and reddish brown in speckles, veins and brecciated patterns. It is a very soft stone typically found near copper deposits. Chrysocolla was first described by Theosphrastus, a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone, in 315 BCE.