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Turquoise & Cuprite

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Turquoise & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a miniature with rich clusters of Fe-bearing turquoise on matrix with cuprite from Bisbee! This was an extremely rare and small find limited to only one small pocket and the material was has been verified by famous Bisbee collector Dick Graem as authentic. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Turquoise

Formula: 
Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Cuprite

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

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