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Native Copper With Cuprite & Malachite

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Native Copper With Cuprite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Red Dome Mine, Mungana, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Description

A fine, sizable, old piece of this famous and now very difficult to find material. This piece of copper altered partially in malachite and cuprite. The colors are superb and the luster on each of the species is very fine, even on the copper! This is visually undamaged and came from an old miner's collection, it's over 30 years old!

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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