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Silver Copper Halfbreed

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Silver Copper Halfbreed

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
British Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm
Description

Silvery grey through to chocolate pinkish brown filigree masses of halfbreed nativesilver and copper crystals. This is an old time specimen from the British Mine at Broken Hill. the matrix for this specimen is a mixture of kaolinite and orange spessartine crystals, to gether with crystallised masses of pure native silver and copper.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

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

Copper

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