Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Specimen Title
Cuprite (w. mimetite)
Associated Minerals
calcite; mimetite
Principal Mineral
Size
Miniature; 47mm
Location in the Mine
Undetermined
Provenance
Chapman, A.
Collection
Geoscience Australia; R21053
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB862
Description
Intergrown crystals (to 14 mm) of dark, wine-red cuprite, predominantly octahedral, but with cube and dodecahedron forms also developed. Colourless calcite crystals are present in the interstices, with sparse crystals of straw-yellow mimetite (to 5 mm).
The specimen belonged formerly to renowned Australian collector Albert Chapman. There is no record of earlier provenance or location in the mine.
