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Auricupride & Orcelite

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Auricupride & Orcelite

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Description
Locality: 
Sredniy Tersinsky Massif, Kuznetsk Alatau, Kemerovo Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm
Description

Polished section of auricupride etc.  (comes with documentation Prof. Rudashesvsky, SEM/X-ray)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Auricupride

Formula: 
Cu3Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Pink
Type Locality: 
Zolotaya Gora Au deposit (Zlataya Gora; Zlatoya Gora), Soimon Valley, Karabash (Karabasch), Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Orcelite

Formula: 
Ni5-xAs2, x ~ 0.25
Strunz: 
2.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tiébaghi Cr mine, Tiébaghi Massif, Koumac Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia