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Cuprite & Calcite On Native Copper

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Cuprite & Calcite On Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 12 × 8.1 cm
Description

A solid native copper specimen that is coarsely crystallised host masses of cuprite clusters in between copper crystals and cavities.

The cuprite and copper is then heavily dusted in places with both calcite and dolomite crystals. A great example from this now defunct and rehabilitated site

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Earthstones Australia

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