Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Specimen Title
Cuprite (w. smithsonite)
Associated Minerals
quartz; smithsonite
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 100mm
Location in the Mine
Undetermined
Provenance
Latz, C.V.
Collection
Geoscience Australia; R28060
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB888
Description
A matrix of sulphides with quartz hosts a large shallow vug lined with very pale green saccharoidal smithsonite crystals and composite wine-red cuprite crystals (to 10 mm).
The specimen was number 344 in the collection of Clement Victor Latz, which was donated to the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Geoscience Australia) in 1976.There is no record of earlier provenance or location in the mine.
