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Native Copper Cuprite & Malachite

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Native Copper Cuprite & Malachite

ex collection Ernst Höfer
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Description
Locality: 
Oumjrane, Alnif, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 3.9 cm
Description

Native copper specimen with a bit of cuprite (black, maybe bornite?) and green malachite. Nowadays copper from this locality has become very rare.

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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