Specimen #1330

Name: Cuprite Chrysocolla Tenorite Slab

Type: Mineral

Locality: Milpilas Mine, Cananea, Mexico

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 15 x 10.5 x 0 .5 cm

Weight:

Acquired: 2009-03-28

Source: Trinity: Dave Douglass

Label: Y

Comment: In the past twenty years I had never bought a slab, but when I saw this piece with aboslutely incredible color, I had to have it. The color simply jumps out at you.

Minerals: Chrysocolla ((Cu,Al)₂H₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄ n(H₂O)) Cuprite (Cu₂O) Tenorite (CuO)

There are 3 pictures on file

M01330-01.jpg:

Cuprite, Chrysocolla, Tenorite, Milpilas Mine, Cananea, Mexico - 15 x 10.5 x 0 .5 cm - polished side

M01330-02.jpg:

Cuprite, Chrysocolla, Tenorite, Milpilas Mine, Cananea, Mexico - 15 x 10.5 x 0 .5 cm - unpolished side

M01330-03.jpg:

Cuprite, Chrysocolla, Tenorite, Milpilas Mine, Cananea, Mexico - polished side