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Native Copper

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Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Telfer Mine, Rudall River, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6 × 3.2 cm
Description

A brecciated jasper from near a granitic intrusion , underground at the Telfer Gold  Mine is shot through with sheets and masses of native copper crystals. The copper is bright and shiny and ranges from cubes through to branching groups of spinel twinned crystals and everything in between.

Due to the richness of the copper in the specimen it is rather weighty.

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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