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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 78747 |
| Mineral: | Cuprite |
| Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
| Description: | Thin plate of lustrous translucent dark-red cuprite crystals with no matrix attached. The cuprite crystals formed as a vein running through matrix which was trimmed away. The cuprite crystals are cubo-octahedral with dodecahedral edges faces. Collected in 2015 |
| Overall Size: | 37x20x5 mm |
| Crystals: | 1-4 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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