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Tile ore

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Cook's Kitchen Mine, Carn Brea and Tincroft United Mine, Carn Brea area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
© 2002 Thames Valley Minerals

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Formula:
Cu
 
2
O
System:IsometricColour:Brick Red
A variety of Cuprite

A brick-red massive variety of Cuprite, usually found with Malachite or other secondary copper minerals (eg. Atacamite)

Classification of Tile ore

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Physical Properties of Tile ore

Colour:Brick Red

Crystallography of Tile ore

Crystal System:Isometric

Optical Data of Tile ore

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Tile ore

Formula:
Cu
 
2
O
Essential elements:Cu, O
All elements listed in formula:Cu, O

Other Names for Tile ore

Synonyms:
Kupfer Lebererz
Other Languages:
German:Kupferziegelerz

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Tile ore

Reference List:Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 491.

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    Localities for Tile ore

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    Austria
     
    • Carinthia
      • Friesach - Hüttenberg area
        • Friesach
          • Olsa
      • Karawanken Mts
        • Finkenstein
          • Mallestiger Mittagskogel Mt.
    		G. Blass, H. W. Graf: Carinthia II 190./110.:188-190 (2000)
    • Salzburg
      • Lungau
        • Taurach valley
          • Mauterndorf
    		A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
    • Tyrol
      • North Tyrol
        • Inn valley
          • Brixlegg - Schwaz area
            • Brixlegg - Rattenberg
    		Lapis 19(7/8):13-78 (1994)
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Alpirsbach
    		Lapis 12(7/8), 13-55 (1987)
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Sauerland
        • Iserlohn
          • Letmathe
    		D. Pawlowski: "Mineralfundstellen im Sauerland", Weise (Munich), 1991
    • Saxony
      • Erzgebirge
        • Schwarzenberg District
          • Langenberg
            • Graul
              • Gottes Geschick Vereinigt Feld Mine
    		http://www.dergraul.de
    Peru
     
    • Arequipa Department
      • Caraveli Province
    		Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cornwall
        • Camborne - Redruth - St Day District
          • Carn Brea area
            • Carn Brea and Tincroft United Mine
          • Gwennap area
            • Carharrack
              • West Clifford United Mines
    		[J.Ralph specimen, visual identification]
            • St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines)
        • Liskeard District
          • Caradon & Phoenix Area (South-Eastern Bodmin Moor)
            • Linkinhorne
    		No reference listed
        • St Just District
          • Botallack - Pendeen Area
            • Botallack
    		Peter Haas
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