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Hentschelite & Cuprite

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Hentschelite & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 2 × 1.1 cm
Description

several clusters of dark green hentschelite with red cuprite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hentschelite

Formula: 
CuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Point 20.0, Katzenstein, Raidelbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Cuprite

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