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Roxbyite & Native Copper

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Roxbyite & Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Begega, Asturias, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.3 × 3 cm
Description

Superb black roxbyite crystals covering richly bright native copper crystals and filling veins of the matrix.

This is very, very good for this species, found only in few sites.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Roxbyite

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

Copper

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