Parrot Wing Ring


This is my most recent ring, I decided to keep it for myself, I couldn't help it!
Besides, this is my favorite color.
The stone is called Parrot Wing, it is one of a kind mineral chrysocolla:
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES:
   Chemistry: CuSiO3 - nH2O          (45.2% CuO, 34.3% Si03, 20.5%          H20)
   Composition: Hydrated copper silicate
   Color: green-blue
   Class: Silicates 
   Subclass: Phyllosilicates 
   Crystal system: Orthorhombic (?)
   Fracture: conchoidal
   Hardness: 2 to 4
   Specific gravity: 2.0 - 2.3 
   Luster: vitreous to waxy.
   Streak: white to blue-green
   Cleavage:  absent
   Transparency: translucent to opaque
   Associated Minerals: azurite,          malachite,
   cuprite, other secondary copper minerals, limonite, quartz


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