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Cuprite & Goethite

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Cuprite & Goethite

Ex Michael Newnham & Thomas Loomis Collections

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Description
Locality: 
Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm
Description

Red to metallic red cuprite crystals across a cavity lined with goethite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Hollertszug Mine (Hollerter Zug Mine), Dermbach, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Earthstones Australia

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