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Copper & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Funtana Raminosa Mine, Gadoni, Nuore Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 4.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

a large matrix specimen covered by like trees copper crystals wirh hundreds tiny red cuprite crystals too

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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

Cuprite

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