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Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.8 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

A very nice rich specimen with dozens of ideal shaped cuprite crystals on all sides of the matrix. This wouls almost be a floater if not for little contact zones at the thin edge. Some crystals, mostly on one side, had contact to the circumjacent matrix.

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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