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Native Copper

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Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Girilambone Mine, Girilambone, Canbelego County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 11.2 × 6.5 cm
Description

A surprising light native copper specimen.

Leaves of crystalised copper are bonded together like a stack of fallen fern fronds, the matrix between the fronds has been dissolved away by ground water action, leaving an attractively sculptural copper with a reddish patina

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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

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