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Gold With Cuprite & Chalcopyrite & Malachite

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Gold With Cuprite & Chalcopyrite & Malachite

ex Marcus Lueg personal collection

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Description
Locality: 
Ok Tedi Mine, Mount Fubilan, Star Mountains, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
11.00gr
Description

Gold-copper-ore specimen consisting of massive cuprite and chalcopyrite hosting a small gold wire in a vug.

Extremely rare and hard-to-get material from Papua New Guinea. The Ok Tedi mine started 1984 on a very rich copper-gold porphyry deposit ('the copper mountain with a gold cap').

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

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

Cuprite

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

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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