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Native Copper & Cuprite

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Native Copper & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.3 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
3.00gr
Description

Well terminated copper crystals together with smaller dark red cuprite crystals on massive copper matrix.

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