AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Cuprite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 35790 |
Mineral: | Cuprite |
Locality: | Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona |
Description: | Two different forms of cuprite lining shallow veins in brown limonite matrix: translucent red octahedral cuprite crystals up to .5 mm with acicular red chalcotrichite variety of cuprite in crystals up to 1 mm. Looks beautiful under magnification. |
Overall Size: | 7x4x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | .1-1 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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