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Native Copper & Cuprite

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Native Copper & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 11.2 × 6.1 cm
Description

A freestanding cabinet specimen of hacky crsytalised native copper on a brown quartzite matrix with a number of small groups of cuprite.

There appears to be at least two generations of copper crystals, the second though small appear to be far sharper and more distinct.

Scattered amongst the copper and cuprite are minor smithsonite and cerussite crystals.

Specimen weighs 290 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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

Cuprite

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