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Auricupride

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Auricupride

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Zolotaya Gora, Soimon Valley, Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Auricupride is an ultra rare copper and gold alloy. This specimen features a clusters of rich, coppery-gold auricupride microcrystals on matrix from the Type Locality - Zolotaya Gora in the Urals. Rarely available. Ex. Armin Wendland specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Auricupride

Formula: 
Cu3Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Pink
Type Locality: 
Zolotaya Gora Au deposit (Zlataya Gora; Zlatoya Gora), Soimon Valley, Karabash (Karabasch), Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...