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Native Copper

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Native Copper

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Perm', Perm Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3 × 9 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
37.00gr
Description

Thin sheets of crystalline native copper embedded in marl matrix rock, partly with dendritic growth from a historic locality.

Comes with very old label dated 19th century. The label means: "Gediegen Kupfer in Kalkmergel - Permisches Gouver." (Native copper in lime marl - Gouvernement Perm).

The russian "Gouvernement Perm" was a former administrative unit founded in 1791 and seated on both sides of the Ural mountains, with the city of Perm as capital. Perm was the center of the russian mining industry (gold, platinum, iron ores, gemstones) in that time and is eponym for the corresponding geological era.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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

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