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Native Copper On Smithsonite

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Native Copper On Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm
Description

A beautiful arbhorescent native copper on smithsonite from the Kintore Open Cut at Broken Hill. The native copper crystals have a coating of bright red cuprite crystals giving the specimen a soft red patina. The group raises out of off white smithsonite on agarnet sandstone matrix. A well balanced specimen, that can be displayed from almost any orientation.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
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