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Native Copper

Self collected by seller in Sept. 1983
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Moonta Mines, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Native copper with quartz typical of the locality. The copper has an irregular texture and is showing patches of green vertigo. This specimen was found around the collar of the old open shaft in 1983. Historic locality piece with collecting here no longer possible. Specimen has not been acid treated.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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