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Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite coated with Malachite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

 
Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite coated with Malachite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite coated with Malachite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite coated with Malachite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite coated with Malachite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite coated with Malachite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite coated with Malachite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 72387
Mineral:Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite coated with Malachite
Locality:Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Description:Dark-metallic pseudomorphs after azurite crystals to 22 mm coated with fibrous green malachite crystals. Where there the pseudomorphs are exposed, the cores reveal a reddish-metallic mineral assumed to be chalcocite, possibly with cuprite. Collected in 2012-2013
Overall Size:6.5x5x2 cm
Crystals:4-22 mm pseudos
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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