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Native Copper With Cuprite In Prehnite

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Native Copper With Cuprite In Prehnite

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Description
Locality: 
Reichenbach, Baumholder, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 2 cm
Description

Cutted but not polished speciem with intergrown aggregates of native copper and cuprite with chrysocolla in yellowish prehnite. Typical speciem from this unusual locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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

Cuprite

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

Prehnite

Formula: 
Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DP.20
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Karoo dolerites, Cradock, Chris Hani District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

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