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Delafossite & Cuprite

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Delafossite & Cuprite

Ex R W Thomssen

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Description
Locality: 
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.8 × 1.4 cm
Description

Black rosettes of bladed delafossite crystals nestled with stack dark red cuprite cubes in a series of cavities in red gossan

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Delafossite

Formula: 
CuFeO2
Strunz: 
4.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Cuprite

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