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Native Copper & Tenorite

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Native Copper & Tenorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Elliott Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

An solid branching group of native copper crystals with a dark patina caused by a fine layer of tenorite and a few small cuprite crystals adhering to the branches, The copper crystals themselves appear to be at least partly altered to cuprite as well

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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

Tenorite

Formula: 
CuO
Strunz: 
4.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Earthstones Australia

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