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Cuprite

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MGR1091556

Cuprite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Chessy-les-Mines, Villefranche, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm
Description

The specimen is developed as floater, faces are completely replaced with malachite. The termination is very sharp, the crystal is undamaged.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0