Cuprite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 73431
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| Mineral: | Cuprite
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| Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
| Description: | Rich vein of lustrous metallic-looking translucent red cuprite crystals running through tan-colored matrix. The vein is exposed on the ends of the specimen and have brilliant cubo-octahedral cuprite crystals with scattered green malachite micros. Collected in 2015 |
| Overall Size: | 10x6x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 4 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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