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Delafossite & Cuprite

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Delafossite & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm
Description

Black botryoids of delafossite with deep red cuprite 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...

Cuprite

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