Europe, Greece, Lavrion mines area, piece n.1401

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I have made different photos of this piece, to obtain advise from a Greek collector, since I was not confident of what it is. I decided to save the photos and to devote a page to them

 

Conichalcite
Large piece of conichalcite, with olivenite XX and azurite
12x10cm
Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece
Specimen n.1401

 

Larger image

 

Back of piece, with microcrystalline azurite

There is a cavity filled with nice thin XX of olivenite grouped in balls

A view on conichalcite

Olivenite (thin XX, pale green) on the conichalcite

Olivenite again, different shape and color of XX

 

 

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