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Cuprite With Native Copper & Malachite

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Cuprite With Native Copper & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton under Bardon, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Small cavities of red cuprite crystals with deposits of malachite to two sides sitting on native copper.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Malachite

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