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Cuprite On Native Copper

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Cuprite On Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 0.8 cm
Description

A plate of native copper covered on both sides with sharp, dark red cuprite crystals.

A nice old-time specimen from the Corocoro copper mining district.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

Copper

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

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