Silica copper prospect, Silica, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
Dark red cuprite vein with relicts of native copper, surrounded with minor green malachite. Collected on old dump.
© Juraj Demian
Red cuprite in association with native copper and green malachite. Collected on old dump.
Black tenorite associated with red cuprite from Silica, Slovakia. Self collected in June of 2023. Photographed by Joy Desor.
© Marek Szabó Dózsa
Native copper with dark red cuprite and black tenorite surrounded by green malachite. Collected on old dump.
Plenty crystals of calcite on matrix from old dump in Silica. Self collected in September of 2022.
Copper grains covered by cuprite from Silica, Slovakia. Self collected in June of 2023. Photographed by Joy Desor.
Red-orange copper grain covered with black tenorite from old dump in Silica. Self collected in April of 2023.
Native copper covered with black tenorite from Silica. Self collected in May of 2023. Photographed by Petr Fuchs.
Red-orange copper plate on matrix from old dump in Silica. Self collected in April of 2023.
Deep red crystal of cuprite on matrix from old dump in Silica. Self collected in April of 2023.
Radial crystals of malachite on calcite from Silica. Self collected in May of 2023. Photographed by Petr Fuchs.
Blue azurite in calcite from old dump in Silica. Self collected in September of 2022.
Malachite crystals on matrix from old dump in Silica. Self collected in April of 2023.
Red cuprite from Silica, Slovakia. Self collected in June of 2023.
Small old dump with limestones from exploration adit. The picture was taken in June of 2023.
View of the old exploration adit. The picture was taken in June of 2023.