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Native Copper

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Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Trevassack Quarry, Goonhilly Down, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 0.3 cm
Weight: 
9.00gr
Description

Delicate fern like frond of native copper collected from a vein in the quarry in the 1970's

Minor serpentine still attached - this specimen has original tarnish as collected

Classic Cornish locality - rarely seen today

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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