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Cuprite

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Cuprite

Bought from Adelaide dealer Chris Johnston in 1989

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Description
Locality: 
Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm
Description

Sharp opaque octahedral crystals of cuprite occur through a vughy siliceous matrix. The crystals are  1mm in size.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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