AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Australia > Cuprite with Azurite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 62241 |
Mineral: | Cuprite with Azurite |
Locality: | Burra Burra Mine, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia |
Description: | Translucent dark-red cuprite crystals to 16 mm lining a shallow cavity in brown ironstone with small blue azurite crystals to 4 mm at the left end. The cuprite crystal faces have a greenish coating of microscopic malachite. Ex. Reasenberg collection #1868; ex. British Museum; ex. Arthur Russell (1878-1964); ex. Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) collection |
Overall Size: | 4x3x2 cm |
Crystals: | 1-16 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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