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Native Copper With Roxbyite

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Native Copper With Roxbyite

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Description
Locality: 
El Valle-Boinás Mine, Belmonte de Miranda, Asturias, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm
Description

Superbly well developed crystals with many different forms on contrasting matrix. Many crystals are accented by excellent but tiny roxbyite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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

Roxbyite

Formula: 
Cu9S5
Strunz: 
2.BA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia
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