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CUPRITE RED DOME MINE

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CUPRITE RED DOME MINE

A great little cluster of Cuprite Red Dome Mine from.  Many crystals grouped together with a little Malachite.  Botryoidal Psilomelane? covers one side.  Rare and full of character, this is a great Aussie classic for your collection.   From a renowned and now closed location – some of the best specimens in the world came from this mine.

Location:
Red Dome Mine, Chilligoe, Queensland, Australia.

Dimensions:
4cm x 3cm x 1cm, 27.5g.

Cuprite: Cu2O.

 

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CUPRITE RED DOME MINECUPRITE RED DOME MINE

A great little cluster of Cuprite Red Dome Mine from.  Many crystals grouped together with a little Malachite.  Botryoidal Psilomelane? covers one side.  Rare and full of character, this is a great Aussie classic for your collection.   From a renowned and now closed location – some of the best specimens in the world came from this mine.

Location:
Red Dome Mine, Chilligoe, Queensland, Australia.

Dimensions:
4cm x 3cm x 1cm, 27.5g.

Cuprite: Cu2O.

Commonly found as an oxidation product of copper sulphides in the upper zones of veins.  Associated with Native Copper, Malachite, Azurite, Limonite and Chalcocite. A fibrous form is known as Chalcotrichite.

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