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Native Copper On Serpentine

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Native Copper On Serpentine

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Description
Locality: 
Ghost Croft Mine, Mullion, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 8.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Large branch of native copper with chrysocolla and steatite supported by a wedge of serpentine matrix.

From the long abandoned Ghost Croft Mine on the Lizard Peninsular.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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