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Native Copper In & On Calcite

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Native Copper In & On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Selwyn Mine, Selwyn, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm
Description

Included in a block of white translucent red and white calcite are leaves of bright native copper. On the top of the calcite, flat crystallised leaves of copper curve out like the fronds of fern, under the fronds is a stack of triangular native copper crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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