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Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Dikuluwe Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Nice representative cluster of lustrous cherry red cuprite crystals on a calcite-chrysocolla matrix. The crystals are octahedral, aerial and well terminated, with a corner contacted with the matrix, but not broken.

Cuprites from Dikuluwe are extremely rare in collections and this one was found in the late 1960’s by Martial Borzée, a Belgian engineer who worked in Zaire.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

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

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Postage Area Price
Belgium <2Kg (Unregistered)
4
NL, DE, FR, LU <2Kg (Unregistered)
8
Rest EU <2Kg (Unregistered)
9
EUROPE (NO EU) <2Kg (Unregistered)
9
USA <2Kg (Unregistered)
10
REST OF THE WORLD <2Kg (Unregistered)
10

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