Cuprite - Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
(#MINS9300)
A european classic! This is an old sample, collected in the end of the 19 th century consisting only of cuprite crystals on matrix up to 2 mm.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
 Overall size:37mm x 17 mm x 17 mm
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Buttgenbachite - Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS9164)
Rare eletric blue Buttgenbachite xls up to 2.5 mm on matrix with malachite and cuprite in association.
Specimen weight:97 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 24 mm
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Rouaite - Tenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS9163)
Aggregate of thick, greenish-blue, tabular crystals of Rouaite up to 5 mm on a red cuprite matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 5 mm
Overall size:34mm x 24 mm x 15 mm
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Cuprite, Malachite - Kolwezi Mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#11850_MALA_DANI)
Cuprite xx covered by malachite and primary malachite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:68 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:48mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Cuprite and crysocholla - Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS8653)
Cluster of dark red cuprite xls up to 1,5 cm wide are spread all over a carpet of pale blue chrysocholla.From the famous Mashamba West mine.
Specimen weight:76 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:43mm x 30 mm x 45 mm
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Chalcotrichite (var. of cuprite) - Libiola mine– Sestri Levante - Genoa prov. - Liguria - Italy
(#GM23005)
Some areas of the sample are covered by patinas or small granules of reddish-brown chalcotrichite.
The little contrast with the matrix makes them almost invisible in the pictures.
Specimen weight:115 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:45mm x 34 mm x 38 mm
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Cuprite - Okandawasi, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
(#MINS7750)
Specimen with well formed Cuprite crystal up to 1,6 cm wide aesthetically covered by Malachite on a bed of bluish-green Chrysocolla.
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,6 wide
Overall size:37mm x 18 mm x 40 mm
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