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Copper With Riebeckite

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Copper With Riebeckite

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Description
Locality: 
Les Clausis Mine, Saint-Véran, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm
Description

Heavy rich specimen of arborescent native copper masses of dark colour that are intergrown with fibrous greyish-blue riebeckite crystals. It is from Les Clausis mine, a Classic French locality in Saint-Véran.

Ex Johan Muizebelt specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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

Riebeckite

Formula: 
◻[Na2][Fe2+3Fe3+2]Si8O22(
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Socotra Island, Adan Governorate, Yemen

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