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Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Silver Monument Mine, Lookout Mountain, Chloride, Sierra County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

Avery rich specimen with hundreds of model-shaped cuprite crystals on an iron-oxide matrix.
Originally labeled "Silver Mine, New Mexico" - but research shows the Silver Monument Mine as only possible match.

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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