AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Russia > Copper pseudomorphs after Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 81507 |
Mineral: | Copper pseudomorphs after Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite |
Locality: | Rubtovskiy (Rubtsovskoe) District, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia |
Description: | Interconnected native copper crystal pseudomorphs after flattened azurite crystals to 22 mm with no matrix. The azurite crystallized first, then altered to cuprite pseudomorphs, and finally altered to native copper (natural copper) pseudomorphs. Pseudomorph = false form. Collected ca. 2010 |
Overall Size: | 31x24x15 mm |
Crystals: | 14-22 mm pseudos |
Archived: | For reference only |
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