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Copper in Calcite from Mina La Bufa, Chihuahua, Mexico

 
Copper in Calcite from Mina La Bufa, Chihuahua, Mexico

Copper in Calcite from Mina La Bufa, Chihuahua, Mexico

Copper in Calcite from Mina La Bufa, Chihuahua, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 37670
Mineral:Copper in Calcite
Locality:Mina La Bufa, Chihuahua, Mexico
Description:Thin, hair-like red copper crystals in transparent colorless calcite crystals lining one face of matrix. The red copper inclusions are quite dense at one end of the specimen. (Could the copper actually be cuprite var. chalcotrichite?) Ex. Croad collection, acquired in 1961
Overall Size:7x4x3 cm
Crystals:3-6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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