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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 68472 |
| Mineral: | Cuprite |
| Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
| Description: | Vein of lustrous translucent dark-red cuprite crystals running through white clay-rich matrix with parallel crystal faces that reflect light simultaneously indicating they are all a single crystal. One cuprite crystal is quite large: 9 mm. Collected in 2015 |
| Overall Size: | 9x4x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-9 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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