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Cuprite

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Cuprite

ps.Native Copper
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Trevassack Quarry, Goonhilly Down, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
75.00gr
Description

Polished section of cuprite vein in serpentine from this classic locality

Fantastic colourful combination of Cuprite after native Cu with unaltered native Cu in a matrix of greenish and white serpentine(lizardite)

Greenish blue oxidation veining at edges of fronds is visible

Sawn base - lovely small display specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

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