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Cuprite & Calcite On Native Copper

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Cuprite & Calcite On Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 10.1 × 6.5 cm
Description

A solid group of coarse native copper crystals with a deep red platina and displaying a rich coverage of deep red cuprite crystals and whitish calcite crystals.

This material was collected in the late 1960's

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Copper

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