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Cuprite With Native Copper

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Cuprite With Native Copper

Former collection Jolyon Ralph (UK)
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Description
Locality: 
Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.1 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

Rich specimen of native copper hosting myriads of cubes and octahedrons of dark red to black cuprite crystals. Cuprite is very fresh, displays a very good lustre and on some individuals growth patterns can be clearly observed. The occasional presence of white spatic calcite are a great addition to the specimen because they allow an excellent color contrast and provide some relevant photogenic areas.
Very fresh and in excellent conditions. Former collection Jolyon Ralph (UK) who originally bought it from Paul Lowe in 1995. It comes with an older pasted label, whose collection I could not trace.

Bought: 
1995
Pasted Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

Copper

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

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