Copper after Cuprite
sold- Locality
- Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Deposit, Western Siberia, Russia
- Minerals
- Copper, Cuprite
- Dimensions
- 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- E237
Intergrown octahedrons of Copper that have nearly completely replaced earlier Cuprite crystals (just a touch of Cuprite is visible). Complete all around and undamaged. This is an exceptional specimen as most of these have a coarser appearance due to larger subcrystals of Copper (you can see such coarser crystals attached to part of this specimen). The finess of the Copper leads to a much sharper crystal.