Cuprite

  
Cuprite partially coated with very pale bluish-green chrysocolla (pseudomorph)
Origin: Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Western Area, Shaba Cu Belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire)
Sample size: 4.2 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm
 
  
Cyanotrichite
Origin: Chizhou (Guichi), Anqin-Tongling area, Anhui, East Region, China
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 
  
  
Cuprite on copper
Origin: Poldory Mine, United Mines (St Day United Mines), Gwennap - St Day Area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Ex. Gene Tribbey collection
Sample size: 6.4 x 3.4 x 3.7 cm
 
  
 
  
Cuprite with minor malachite on quartz
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Sample size: 4 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm (top), 8.4 x 6.4 x 3.4 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Cuprite on copper
Origin: Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
ex. Don Boydston Collection, U.S.A.
Sample size: 15 x 14.5 x 12.1 cm
 
  
Cuprite on copper
Origin: Mufulira Mine, Mufulira, Zambia
Sample size: 7 x 5.5 x 0.9 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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