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Native Silver In Cuprite

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Native Silver In Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Ghost Croft Mine, Mullion, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

Filaments and spots of native silver to 2 mm in size in and on crystalline cuprite matrix with minor chrysocolla and steatite.

A small but exceptionally rare location specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
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