AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Russia > Copper (naturally crystallized native copper crystals) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 73772 |
Mineral: | Copper (naturally crystallized native copper crystals) |
Locality: | Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia |
Description: | Superb twisted sheet-like aggregates of parallel well-defined native copper crystals (naturally crystallized copper crystals) with no attached matrix. The copper crystals are elongated octahedral forms with many exhibiting hoppered (cavernous) growth. Collected ca. 2005 |
Overall Size: | 30x24x10 mm |
Crystals: | 0.5-10.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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