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Cuprite On Native Copper

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Cuprite On Native Copper

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Locality: 
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.3 × 3 cm
Description

Collected in the early 1970's a solid mass of hacky native copper crystals which has been almost completely enclosed with dark red black cuprite crystals. A small amount of white calcite matrix adheres to the base of this specimen.

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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