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Native Copper & Roxbyite

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Native Copper & Roxbyite

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Description
Locality: 
Begega, Asturias, Spain
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
Description

Excellent native copper crystals with very good defined edges scattered on matrix.

Minor roxbyite is present in some copper crystal faces.

Roxbyite is very rare and found only in few places.

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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