Cuprite

  

Cuprite with copper

Origin: 12 level Geevor mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, England

Sample size: 4.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm

 

  

Copper rich matrix, the top side mostly covered by micro brilliant red acicular "chalcotrichite" crystals.

Origin: Geevor mine, Pendeen, St. Just, Cornwall, England

Sample size: 9 x 8.5 x 3.5 cm

 

  

Cuprite on chrysocolla

Origin: Mashamba West mine, Mashamba, Shaba (Katanga) province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Sample size: 10 x 7 x 5.5 cm

 

  

Origin: Onganja mine, near Seeis, Namibia

Ex. Tom Dwyer coll.

Sample size: 4 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm

 

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Dark red crystals in matrix to about 0.75 mm with a bit of native copper.

Origin: Långban, Varmland, Sweden

Sample size: 3 x 1.5 x 1 cm

 

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Cuprite with malachite

Origin: Mashamba, West Shaba, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Africa

Sample size: 5.3 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm

 

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