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Native Copper Calcite & Cuprite

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Native Copper Calcite & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Elliott Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 4.2 cm
Description

 A branching cluster of hacky native copper crystals that is partly replaced by reddish black cuprite. Scattered of the cluster are small clusters of calcite crystals, also associated are paratacamite, ktenasite and a number of other blue and green secondary copper minerals on the copper

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

Cuprite

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