Host: The Gemmological Society of Japan
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We analyze some light-blue minerals that appear to be chrysocolla associated azurite and malachite. However, the results of EDS show that these light-blue minerals cotain a high concentration of Mg that should not be present in chrysocolla. Combining the experimental results of FTIR, Raman Spectra, and XRD, we believe that these minerals are actually talc.