Mineral: Cuprite
Locality: Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Dimensions: 4,0 x 4,0 x 4,0 cm

Description: Main crystal size: 4,0 cm Octahedral shining and intact at summits truncated with some complex faces and of the micro-crystallized money traces. The metal color not becoming red surfaces some that under strong lighting is probably due to the fact that cuprite crystallized with a more important proportion of tenorite than that of cuprites of Africa. MIM number 1180 Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu)

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