mineral general info

Cuprite

Origin: Chizhou (Guichi), Anqing-Tongling area, Anhui, East Region, China

Sample size: 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Tufts of tiny red halotrichite on matrix

Origin: Badersdorf, Burgenland, Austria

Sample size: 3.5 x 5 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Diederik Visser

Origin: Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A.

Ex. Keith Hayes collection

Sample size: 5.7 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm

Cuprite on copper

Cuprite on chrysocolla

Origin: Ray Mine, Hot Tamale Peak, Mineral Creek District, Pinal County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Ex. Ed Rosenzweig collection

Sample size: 7.2 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm (top/2nd row), 7.0 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm (3rd/bottom row)

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co