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Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.9 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Cherry red cuprite crystals of gorgeous transparency for the species. Lustre is very intense and crystals cover richly a matrix of quartz crystals. Interestingly, some crystals show cubic habitus and others octahedral habitus, which is quite rare in the same specimen. Good representative specimen from Cornwall!.

Ex. Martial Borzee; Ex. George Vanacker specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

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