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Cuprite With Native Copper

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Cuprite With Native Copper

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Tete, Tete Province, Mozambique
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 6.5 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
286.00gr
Description

Cuprite and native copper in massive white calcite. An unclearly developed cubic crystal is present (see pic 4).

Historic specimen which comes with antique label dated late 19th to early 20th century including detailled description. The label means: "Cuprit & Kupfer - Vom linken Ufer des Zambeya, oberhalb Tete, portug. Ostafrika"  (Cuprite & Copper - Left bank of Zambezi river, upstream of Tete [city], Portuguese eastern Africa [= modern Mozambique]).

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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