Collection: Chrysocolla

Chrysocolla is a stone highly valued in jewelry and lithotherapy.


🌿 General characteristics

  • Name: Chrysocolla

  • Origin of the name: From the Greek chrysos (gold) and kolla (glue), because it was once used to solder gold.

  • Color: Shades of blue, green, turquoise — sometimes marbled or veined

  • Crystal system: Orthorhombic to amorphous (often uncrystallized)

  • Hardness (Mohs scale): 2 to 4 (relatively soft)

  • Chemical composition: Hydrated copper silicate

  • Formation: Forms in oxidation zones of copper deposits


💎 Appearance

Chrysocolla can resemble turquoise or malachite. It is sometimes associated with other minerals such as:

  • Malachite

  • Azurite

  • Cuprite

  • Tenorite

This association produces stones with spectacular and highly sought-after colors, sometimes in the form of chrysocolla-malachite .


🌍 Origin

Chrysocolla is found in several regions of the world, including:

  • Chile

  • Peru

  • Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Arizona (United States)

  • Israel (in the Eilat region)


Properties in lithotherapy

  • Emotional calming : considered a stone of inner peace

  • Communication : would promote expression, especially among shy people

  • Balance : would help to harmonize emotions, particularly during stress or anger

  • Associated chakras : throat (communication) and heart (emotion)


⚠️ Fragility and maintenance

  • Very soft, it can scratch easily.

  • Avoid water, chemicals, shock and prolonged exposure to sunlight.

  • Recommended cleaning: soft, dry cloth.


🔍 Anecdote

Some ancients believed that chrysocolla brought wisdom and strengthened emotional bonds , making it a prized stone for philosophers and orators.

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Chrysocolla is a copper hydroxide silicate. However, there is debate as to its nature as a mineral or mineraloid, its mode of creation approaching that of the group of serpentines or allophanes. Used since Antiquity, it can be superficially confused with turquoise but its color is reputed to be even finer even if it is less valuable. Because of its low hardness and its water content, it is very sensitive to high heat and physical or chemical attacks. Chrysocolla has been known since antiquity. It was described by Theophrastus in 315 BC. AD

The benefits: Intuition, harmony, peace, tolerance, kindness.

Astrological signs: Gemini, Libra, Sagittarius.

Chakra: Throat.