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Cuprite from
Wheal Gorland, St Day, Gwennap - St Day Area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK


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Wheal Gorland, St Day, Gwennap - St Day Area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
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Description
Habit:Octahedral, cube-octahedral
Colour:Red
Quality of samples:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visual Identification
Wet Chemical
References
References:[Embrey & Symes, 1987, 50 - "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon" ]
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Gorland, St Day, Gwennap - St Day Area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
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