Cuprite (w. cuprite v. chalcotrichite)

TSNB987
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Cuprite (w. cuprite v. chalcotrichite); 25 mm.
Exhibit 1. Cuprite (w. cuprite v. chalcotrichite); 25 mm.
Image Credit: Sharon Cisneros

Specimen Title

Cuprite (w. cuprite v. chalcotrichite)

Principal Mineral

Cuprite

Size

Thumbnail; 25mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Collection

Cisneros, S. & E.

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB987

Description

A plate of sharp, intergrown, octahedral crystals (to c. 3 mm) of metallic, reddish-grey cuprite, partly overgrown by a crimson-red mat of fibrous crystals of cuprite (v. chalcotrichite).

The specimen is in the collection of Sharon and Eugene Cisneros.