mineral general info

Cuprite

Origin: Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Ex Seaman Museum collection

Sample size: 3.2 x 2.4 x 4.6 cm

Origin: Calumet and Arizona Mine (Junction Mine; Junction shaft), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 11 x 7 x 3.5 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Cuprite on malachite

Origin: Mashamba West Mine, Shaba Province, People’s Republic of the Congo(formerly Zaire)

Ex. Ernie Schlichter collection

Sample size: 4.6 x 4.2 x 3 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Variety chalcotrichite

Origin: Bown River, Queensland, Australia

Sample size: unknown

Sample owner: Steve Sorrell

Photo courtesy of:

Steve Sorrell

Variety chalcotrichite on cuprite crystals

Cuprite cluster with tiny sky blue spheres of cyanotrichite

Origin: Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia

Sample size: unknown (top), >2 mm cluster (2nd row), unknown (3rd row), 2.5 mm crystal (bottom)

Sample owner: Vic Cloete

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