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Chalcotrichite In Native Copper

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Chalcotrichite In Native Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Whipsaw Gulch, Copperopolis, Yavapai County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3 × 1.9 cm
Weight: 
34.00gr
Description

Groups of mossy, needle interpenetrated crystals of cuprite (variety chalcotrichite), transparent and with a deep red colour, nesting in cavities of crystallized native copper.

Ex Rik Dillen specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcotrichite

Variety Of: 

Cuprite

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

Copper

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

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