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Cuprite On Native Copper

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Cuprite On Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6.5 × 6 cm
Description

Crystalline copper dusted with minute gem cuprite crystals, on one side there are many larger cuprite crystals to 2mm.

Ex. Alex Williams collection, and John Gliddon collection who exchanged the specimen with Richard Barstow in 1968.

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