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Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm
Description

A very good group of sharp, lustrous steel grey cuprite crystals. Under strong light the crystals display a red interior.

From an unusual and distinctive locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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