| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Cuprite on Copper |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 52188 |
| Mineral: | Cuprite on Copper |
| Locality: | Ray Mine, Mineral Creek District, Pinal County, Arizona |
| Description: | Sparkling cluster of lustrous translucent dark-red cuprite crystals to 0.4 mm on dendritic formations of native copper with fragments of matrix in crevices collected in 1945 from the top level of the first open cut at the mine. Ex. Peter B. Nalle (1923-2010) collection #567, acquired in 1987 from collection assembled in 1945 |
| Overall Size: | 6.5x3.5x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.1-0.4 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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