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Cuprite with Copper pseudomorph after Cuprite from Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

 
Cuprite with Copper pseudomorph after Cuprite from Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

Cuprite with Copper pseudomorph after Cuprite from Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

Cuprite with Copper pseudomorph after Cuprite from Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 77240
Mineral:Cuprite with Copper pseudomorph after Cuprite
Locality:Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia
Description:Lustrous gray-metallic 20 mm octahedral cuprite crystal with a similar sized copper crystal pseudomorph after an octahedral 22 mm cuprite crystal. The cuprite crystallized first, then altered from within to native copper, maintaining the cuprite shape. Collected ca. 2010
Overall Size:2020x17x16 mm
Crystals:22x19x18 mm pseudo
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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