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Native Copper

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Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
Description

This is an old and very interesting specimen of native cooper. Interesting because It´s very rare see crystals of copper. It seems as if the copper had replaced (pseudomorphed) to cuprite crystals. These have a very good crystallization.

 Collected in the 1950's. Sorry no old label

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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