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Copper, Cuprite

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Locality: Itauz Mine, Zhilandy group, Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

Unbelievable esthetics. Spinel-twinned copper crystals with added branches. Everything covered by a thin coating of Cuprite which gives it a nice reddish color. It looks like a Spinel twin copper that received an electric shock! Sorry for the analogy but I'm so impressed that I cannot find a better way of describing it.

Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan Kazakhstan. Found in 2001

Specimen size: 11.2 x 6.3 cm

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Photo added: 10th Apr 2006

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