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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 81837 |
| Mineral: | Cuprite |
| Locality: | L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Description: | Three parallel transparent red cuprite crystals on a plate of cuprite. The cuprite crystals exhibit octahedral faces with thin dodecahedral edge faces. Microscopic colorless quartz crystals are visible intersecting one edge of the largest cuprite crystal Ex. Miller collection T3918; ex. Betts #78548 |
| Overall Size: | 13x13x7 mm |
| Crystals: | micro to 9 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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