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Cuprite & Copper

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Cuprite & Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Rio Tinto Mine, Mountain City, Elko County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 0.3 cm
Description

A cluster of copper crystals and red cuprite crystals after copper

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0