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Cuprite On Chrysocolla

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Cuprite On Chrysocolla

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Description
Locality: 
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 1.3 × 1.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Two cuboctahedral deep red cuprite crystal on a chrysocolla covered matrix. While photographing it became apparent that a some point in time the cuprites had been reattached to the matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
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