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Cuprite with minor Malachite on Dickite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

 
Cuprite with minor Malachite on Dickite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Cuprite with minor Malachite on Dickite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Cuprite with minor Malachite on Dickite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Cuprite with minor Malachite on Dickite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Cuprite with minor Malachite on Dickite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 75642
Mineral:Cuprite with minor Malachite on Dickite
Locality:Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Description:Lustrous translucent dark-red cuprite crystals in a patch of parallel crystals on contrasting white dickite-coated matrix. Microscopic pale-green spherical malachite crystals are scattered over the surfaces of the cuprite crystals (beautiful under 20x). Collected ca. 2014
Overall Size:5.5x5x1.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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