A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Native copper in calcite |
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| Description | Here we see mostly native copper (dark brownish color) with calcite (white). The copper is tarnished, and so does not have a “coppery” color. It has altered to green malachite (a hydrated copper carbonate) in some places. Native copper is not very common, and generally is found only in small quantities. There are, however, a few places where it is abundant. Well crystallized specimens are especially uncommon, and are very much sought after. This sample is 14 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Arizona. Near Bisbee. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-25. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #19. |
| Key words | copper, native copper, calcite, Arizona |
| Tech details | 768 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 840 |
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