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Native Copper & Cuprite

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Native Copper & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 11.5 × 1 cm
Description

Old time specimen of crystalline native copper with ruby red cuprite crystals to 1.5 mm.

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