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Cuprite, Cuprite (Var: Chalcotrichite)


Cuprite : Cu2O, Cuprite (Var: Chalcotrichite) : Cu2O

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Locality: Wheal Muttrall (Wheal Muttrell), Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Wheal Muttrell, Gwennap, Cornwall. 9.5x5.2x3.5cm. A fantastic specimen extremely rich with small red cuprite xtls all over a copper matrix which has been mostly covered with the cuprite and chalcotrichite xtls.

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