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Chalcotrichite

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Chalcotrichite

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Pendarves, Troon, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm
Description

A very dense mass of chalcotrichite partly fills limonite vugs across this specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcotrichite

Variety Of: 

Cuprite

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