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Delafossite

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Delafossite

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Description
Locality: 
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Rich sample of many vugs covered with black delafossite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Delafossite

Formula: 
CuFeO2
Strunz: 
4.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...