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Cuprite Connellite & Copper

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Cuprite Connellite & Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Sitio do Cobre Mine, Vila Velha de Ródão, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Fantastic sample! Very beautiful under the scope!!!

Deep red cuprite scatered over the connellite. Also some native copper and brochantite.

From the Sitio do Cobre slags.

Collected: 
2021
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

Connellite

Formula: 
Cu19(SO4)(OH)32Cl4·3H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Providence, Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, St Ives District, Cornwall, England, UK

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0