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Chalcotrichite

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Chalcotrichite

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Pendarves, Troon, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm
Description

Groups of mossy, needle-like, interpenetrated crystals of cuprite (variety chalcotrichite), with a deep red colour, covering cavities of a quartzite matrix. Classic old stuff from Cornwall. The accompanying label reads Pendarves Mine (Camborne), 4th level.

Ex. Roger Gnat collection. Acquired in 1988.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcotrichite

Variety Of: 

Cuprite

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

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