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Cuprite On Native Copper

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Cuprite On Native Copper

Ex K & J Davy Collection (Wagga Wagga)

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Description
Locality: 
Camborne, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 1.7 × 0.6 cm
Description

An oldtime Cornish cuprite on native copper, acquired from the Sorbonne in a trade by Kevin Davy of Willyama Minerals in the early 1980's and subsequently traded from his wife Joan collection in 1985.

A plate of flattened native copper crystals is completely enclosed in reddish black cuprite crystals from the classic redruth area in Cornwall.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

Copper

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