
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Specimen Title
cuprite (w. native copper)
Associated Minerals
calcite; copper
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 95mm
Location in the Mine
First oxidation zone
Provenance
Von Karabacek, H.
Collection
MGMH; 93926
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB411
Description
Intergrown crystals of ruby-red cuprite (to 16 mm) associated with similarly intergrown crystals of bronze-coloured native copper (to 12 mm) and accented by crusts of scalenohedral off-white calcite. Cube {100} and dodecahedron {101} forms are prominent on both the cuprite and copper crystals.
This specimen was formerly number 4314 in the collection of Austrian industrialist Hans von Karabacek, part of which was acquired for Harvard University by Charles Palache in 1935.