A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Cuprite with native copper, malachite and azurite |
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| Description | This sample contains mostly purplish cuprite (Cu2O). Cuprite is an important copper ore mineral. Also present are blue azurite, green malachite, yellow-brown limonite, and hard-to-see native copper (tarnished). These minerals are often associated in copper ores. This specimen is 13 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ France. Near Lyons. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-25. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #351. |
| Key words | cuprite, native copper, malachite, copper, azurite, France |
| Tech details | 1.09 MB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 851 |
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