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Tenorite & Calcite On Native Copper

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Tenorite & Calcite On Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Selwyn Mine, Selwyn, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

Translucent calcite crystals and paratacamite on earthy black tenorite which has richly coated a branching cluster of native copper crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tenorite

Formula: 
CuO
Strunz: 
4.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Calcite

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

Copper

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

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