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Berzelianite & Cuprite

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Berzelianite & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

 Brownish berzelianite with lustrous deep red cuprite crystals and white dolomite crystals on matrix (SEM-EDS confirmed no MA2052 Mineralanalytik)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Berzelianite

Formula: 
Cu2Se
Strunz: 
2.BA.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Shining
Type Locality: 
Skrikerum Mine (Skrickerum Mine), Valdemarsvik, Östergötland, Sweden

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0