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Chalcotrichite

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Chalcotrichite

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Description
Locality: 
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.5 × 3 cm
Description

Cherry red and shiny acicular crystals of chalcotrichite on limonitic matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcotrichite

Variety Of: 

Cuprite

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