Specimen #1677

Name: Cuprite

Type: Micromount

Locality: Copper Flat, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2009-10-16

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: Very fine pieces with bright red Chalcotrichite forming nests and groups in vesicles in basalt.

Minerals: Chalcotrichite Cuprite (Cu₂O)

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Cuprite, Copper Flat, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico - FOV: 2.4 x 1.6 mm (11 stacked images)