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Native Copper

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Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Rosario Mine, Tamaya, Coquimbo Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7 × 5.8 cm
Description

This is a very unusual specimen of native copper from Chile.

Typical golden red native copper sheets in a matrix of black turmaline.

Ex Wolfgang Schneider collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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