| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Cuprite on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 54019 |
| Mineral: | Cuprite on Quartz |
| Locality: | Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona |
| Description: | Lustrous cuprite crystals to 4.5 mm on a thin plate of limonite-stained quartz crystals to 3 mm. The cuprite crystals appear gray, but are actually translucent red when viewed under 20x. The crystals are cubo-octahedral with dodecahedral edge faces. |
| Overall Size: | 3.4x3.2x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.2-4.5 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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