Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Native Copper & Cuprite

Views:
Watches:
JYJ139730

Native Copper & Cuprite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

Native copper in crystals and cuprite crystals attached. A green secondary mineral is also present.

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