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Chrysocolla (Arizona) GEO 4225
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Chrysocolla (Arizona)GEO 4225
We collect much of the chrysocolla that we use in our stone art in the great rock hunting state of Arizona. Our friend, Jimmy Vasek 0f 49er Minerals will often be heard saying... "Is this Heaven? No, it's Arizona." When you're from the Nroth, it is a great way to spend winters... treasure hunting for stone!
The name chrysocolla comes from the ancient Greek χρυσός (chrysos) and κολλα (kolla), "gold" and "glue", and was believed to be first used by Theophrastus around 315 BC.
Chrysocolla is a basic copper silicate, often with some aluminum. It has a cyan (blue-green) color (bright green, bluish-green, sky blue, gray). May be mottled or multicolored green and blue. It is a minor ore of copper, having a hardness of 2.5 to 7.0. It is of secondary origin and forms in the oxidation zones of copper ore bodies. Associated minerals are quartz, limonite, azurite, malachite, cuprite and other secondary copper minerals. It is typically found as botryoidal or rounded masses and crusts, or vein fillings.
Due to the blue-green color, some people mistake for turquoise. The main difference is turquoise contains phosphorus and chrysocolla does not. Chrysocolla is often opalized and tends to fracture or can be soft and chalky in places. Therefore, chrysocolla is often stabilized to make it solid and hard enough to take a good polish.
This is what we do...
Making use of stone that we personally collect, cut and polish to a mirror finish, coupled with high powered lenses, we transport the viewer into a microscopic world, far beyond what the naked eye perceives. The diversity, originality and beauty of what is revealed defy description. Those images are then transferred onto a variety of mediums. Consider textiles that are transformed into decor including decorative pillows, bedding, table linens, for both home and commercial use. And fabrics for the fashion world. GEO originals has opened the door to a realm of beauty crossing all genres with endless applications.
With environmental consciousness in mind, our fabrics are all printed using completely water-based inks. This means no chemicals or solvents are used. Our heat fixing procedure fixes the colors and prints, avoiding the downsides of steaming, such as excess or contaminated water returning into the waste system. The textile industry is rife with sustainability problems: from the use of toxic inks and wasteful practices for materials and water, to a race to utilize the cheapest materials such as vinyl—no matter the environmental impact. Our print-on-demand process is designed to minimize fabric and ink waste. Reducing the use of materials, energy and water by choosing a pigment printing process instead of reactive dye.
Choose your favorite(s) images, choose your fabric and let us know how many yards! We will also provide additional custom order fabrics upon request (please contact GEO originals).
All of our macro photographs are of our own stone; cut and polished, exposing the natural beauty inside.
(All photos shown are watermarked for online viewing. The purchased art will not show watermark.)
©Light the Earth, All Rights Reserved
Copyrighted. No Usage Without Permission
The name chrysocolla comes from the ancient Greek χρυσός (chrysos) and κολλα (kolla), "gold" and "glue", and was believed to be first used by Theophrastus around 315 BC.
Chrysocolla is a basic copper silicate, often with some aluminum. It has a cyan (blue-green) color (bright green, bluish-green, sky blue, gray). May be mottled or multicolored green and blue. It is a minor ore of copper, having a hardness of 2.5 to 7.0. It is of secondary origin and forms in the oxidation zones of copper ore bodies. Associated minerals are quartz, limonite, azurite, malachite, cuprite and other secondary copper minerals. It is typically found as botryoidal or rounded masses and crusts, or vein fillings.
Due to the blue-green color, some people mistake for turquoise. The main difference is turquoise contains phosphorus and chrysocolla does not. Chrysocolla is often opalized and tends to fracture or can be soft and chalky in places. Therefore, chrysocolla is often stabilized to make it solid and hard enough to take a good polish.
This is what we do...
Making use of stone that we personally collect, cut and polish to a mirror finish, coupled with high powered lenses, we transport the viewer into a microscopic world, far beyond what the naked eye perceives. The diversity, originality and beauty of what is revealed defy description. Those images are then transferred onto a variety of mediums. Consider textiles that are transformed into decor including decorative pillows, bedding, table linens, for both home and commercial use. And fabrics for the fashion world. GEO originals has opened the door to a realm of beauty crossing all genres with endless applications.
With environmental consciousness in mind, our fabrics are all printed using completely water-based inks. This means no chemicals or solvents are used. Our heat fixing procedure fixes the colors and prints, avoiding the downsides of steaming, such as excess or contaminated water returning into the waste system. The textile industry is rife with sustainability problems: from the use of toxic inks and wasteful practices for materials and water, to a race to utilize the cheapest materials such as vinyl—no matter the environmental impact. Our print-on-demand process is designed to minimize fabric and ink waste. Reducing the use of materials, energy and water by choosing a pigment printing process instead of reactive dye.
Choose your favorite(s) images, choose your fabric and let us know how many yards! We will also provide additional custom order fabrics upon request (please contact GEO originals).
All of our macro photographs are of our own stone; cut and polished, exposing the natural beauty inside.
(All photos shown are watermarked for online viewing. The purchased art will not show watermark.)
©Light the Earth, All Rights Reserved
Copyrighted. No Usage Without Permission