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Nantokite On Native Copper

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Nantokite On Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Elliott Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

 A great specimen with bright light blue green tetrahedral isolated crystals of nantokite on fine branching native copper crystals. The core of the nantokite crystals is nearly black.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nantokite

Formula: 
CuCl
Strunz: 
3.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Carmen Bajo Mine, Nantoko, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Copper

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

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