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Hentschelite & Cuprite

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Hentschelite & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 8.3 × 5 cm
Description

Small clusters of black hentschellite richly coating three sides of the large hand specimen with flattened cuprite crystals on a cherty brown matrix, collected at the Great Australia Mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hentschelite

Formula: 
CuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Point 20.0, Katzenstein, Raidelbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Cuprite

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

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