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Cuprite from Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

 
Cuprite from Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

Cuprite from Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

Cuprite from Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

Cuprite from Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

Cuprite from Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

Cuprite from Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

Cuprite from Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 77223
Mineral:Cuprite
Locality:Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia
Description:Large lustrous metallic octahedral and cubo-octahedral cuprite crystals with no matrix attached. On a bottom corner can be observed that the cuprite crystals are beginning to alter to copper on the inside, that would result in a pseudomorph if completed. Collected ca. 2010
Overall Size:47x42x34 mm
Crystals:3-26 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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