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Native Copper

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Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Not often do you find Native Copper from Tsumeb!
Speicmens are actually pretty rare for the locale, despite its richness as ore.
This is an attractive specimen consisting of many cubic copper crystals .

Found in the mid 1960s !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0