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Wheal Cupid, Redruth, Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

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Cuprite : Cu2O, Copper : Cu

Wheal Cupid, Redruth, Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

A nearly solid specimen of cuprite crystals growing on native copper. There is an attached shard of matrix at one end of the specimen, which reveals some "flowers" of crystalline copper.Ex Roland Thomas Collection Label No:376.
 © 2002 Thames Valley MineralsPhoto ID: 5560    View Count: 335
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