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Cuprite

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Cuprite

Jean Behier and Kay Robertson collections
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Rheinbreitenbach, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 5.3 × 3.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with numerous vugs hosting nests of cuprite var. chalcotrichite needles. Very rich piece that could be trimmed to produce multiple samples. Comes with old Jean Behier (behierite) label. Kay Robertson collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

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