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Cuprite On Copper

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Cuprite On Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Red Dome Mine, Mungana, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 2.7 × 1 cm
Description

A very aesthetic specimen with clusters of small cuprite crystals on a dendritic native copper.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

Copper

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