Cuprite with Native Copper from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 68474
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| Mineral: | Cuprite with Native Copper
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| Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
| Description: | Rich cluster of lustrous translucent dark-red cuprite crystals on light-colored matrix with areas of metallic native copper in the matrix. The cuprite crystals are cubo-octahedral form and show flashes of bright red color under bright illumination. Collected in 2015 |
| Overall Size: | 7.5x4.5x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-5 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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