THE GEMSTONE LIBRARY
Tentadora Chrysocolla
Chrysocolla specimens from the Tentadora Mine, Huancavelica, Peru.
A distinctive Peruvian locality
Tentadora specimens are known in mineral collections for blue-green chrysocolla associated with quartz. The Dynamic Earth Collection documents this combination from the mine. Our collection includes nodular and layered surfaces, with a close view as the main photograph and the wider group retained below.
Our collection notes
Our sourcing notes describe material that can contain quartz, chrysocolla, gem silica, calcite, copper and iron-bearing minerals such as goethite and limonite. They also describe successive generations of chrysocolla growth. These are collection observations; they are not a laboratory inventory of every pictured specimen.
Meaning for collectors
In modern crystal traditions, chrysocolla is associated with communication, inner calm and connection with nature. Some collectors link it with the throat chakra. These meanings belong to spiritual practice, rather than demonstrated treatment of physical ailments.
Reference: Dynamic Earth Collection: Chrysocolla / Quartz, Tentadora Mine, Huancavelica, Peru.
