Chrysocolla is a copper mineral in blues and greens that can pass for turquoise at a glance — it forms in the oxidised zones of copper deposits, often intergrown with malachite and azurite. The name is ancient Greek, "gold glue", because goldsmiths used something like it as solder two and a half thousand years ago.
What chrysocolla is used for
The tradition reads it as the teaching stone: wisdom shared calmly, power without noise — the elder's stone where lapis is the king's. It is given to communication, especially the kind that instructs or reassures, and to women's strength in several modern lists. Throat and heart chakras.
A display or pocket piece for people whose work is explaining things. Its softness means it is often sold stabilised; treat it as the gentler cousin of turquoise.
How to care for it
Keep dry; wipe with soft cloth. Keep it dry and wipe it with a soft cloth — like most copper stones it does not love water.
In the shop
We don’t currently stock chrysocolla — the supply that meets our standard comes and goes. These are the stones we do have:
Stones that keep it company
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