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Native Copper

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Native Copper

ex Dr. F. Krantz (GER)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Bogoslovsk, Tur'insk-Auerbakovsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Copper from the Urals is rarely available, and this old timer specimens originates from one of the classic old mining regions, mined as far back as the 1700s. A quartz(?)-rich matrix is festooned with tiny, partly sharp crystals with a few spinel-twins. Some crystals exhibit a fresh copper metallic color, the majority is covered with dark patina. With unspectacular hand written Krantz label, a rare example.

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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