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Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Gumeshevskii Mine, Polevskoy, Sysert District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 4 cm
Weight: 
236.00gr
Description

Classic example of massive cuprite showing some vugs with sharp octahedral crystals from Gumeshevskii Cu Mine. The specimen ist partly overgrown with acicular malachite. Comes with an older typewritten label from Dr. F. Krantz stock.

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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