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Chalcotrichite On Cuprite & Copper

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Chalcotrichite On Cuprite & Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Selwyn Mine, Selwyn, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm
Description

Fire engine red matted groups of chalcotrichite crystals over a bed of cuboctahedral gemmy dark red cuprite crystals. The matrix is a cupreous dark brown chert which is riddled with native copper crystals

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

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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