Shattuckite is a rare copper mineral.  First discovered in the copper mines of Bisbee, Arizona, specifically the Shattuckite Mine (hence the name).  It is a secondary mineral that forms from the alteration of other secondary minerals.  At the Shattuck Mine, it forms pseudomorphs after malachite.  A pseudomorph is an atom by atom replacement of a crystal structure, but with little alteration of the outward shape of the original crystal.  Pseudomorph is Greek for “false shape.”  Generally a beautiful shade of blue much darker than Chrysocolla and often accompanied with black areas of hemetite.  There is some material recently coming out of Africa that is being called Shattuckite and is very nice looking.  From what I have seen, it has more green (Malachite) in it than the Shattuckite of old.

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