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Native Copper In Gypsum

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Native Copper In Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 0.9 × 0.5 cm
Description

Sparkling fresh copper branches lance through an oblong section of gypsum crystal, dozens of smaller copper branches growing from the main acicular crystals....... a small forest of copper branches. Specimen from the brian Shelton Collection and was collected in the main Opencut at Mount Isa.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.
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