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Native Copper

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Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

An old copper from Broken Hill features flattened & twisted wire like crystals with a lovely patina.

The modern label says Proprietary mine but this is not necessarily correct.

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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