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Miersite & Cuprite

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Miersite & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Rubtsovskoe Deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

specimen of many good hoctaedral dark red/ black crystals of cuprite, on the cuprite there are yellow aggregate of the rare miersite; associate there are some aggregates of silver

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Miersite

Formula: 
(Ag,Cu)I
Strunz: 
3.AA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Cuprite

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

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