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Cuprite

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Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Rudabánya, Rudabányai Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm
Description

Fine cluster of cuprite crystals covered and replaced with intense green malachite. The specimen is developed as floater and looks very tri-dimensional in various positions.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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