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Cuprite & Miersite

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Cuprite & Miersite

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Description
Locality: 
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Shiny metallic red cuprite crystals with rare yellow miersite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

Miersite

Formula: 
(Ag,Cu)I
Strunz: 
3.AA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

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