Cuprite
specimen number:
3772399
location:
Ray mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
description:
Very sharp lustrous deep red octahedral crystals of cuprite to 0.8 cm in size set nicely on matrix. Smaller cubic crystals present as well making this quite neat showing two different generations of crystallization. In great condition. At one time part of the Ray Thompson collection of Denver, Colorado.
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