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Native Copper

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Native Copper

ex Henry Heuland Collection, ex Dr. F. Krantz

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Description
Locality: 
Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 8 × 2.5 cm
Description

This is a historic as well as very aesthetic, completely crystallized specimen of copper, made up of sharp crystals with some quartz. The old label, handwritten in 1839 by Heuland, says as location: „Ecatherineburg, Siberia“. Beside this the specimen is followed by a Dr. F.Krantz label. Weight 250 g.

To learn more about background and provenance of this specimen (ex Henry Heuland, ex Krantz...) I refer to the following links:

http://www.mineralogicalrecord.com/labels.asp?colid=932 and

http://www.gerl-mineralien.de/heuland1.html

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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