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Copper, Cuprite

Gibralter Mine
Williams Lake
British Columbia
Canada
Size: 1.9x1.6x1.4 cm
Largest crystal size: micro mm
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These specimens from the Gibraltar Mine are not world beaters but they are unusual specimens from a giant, long-running porphyry copper mine in southern British Columbia. The ore is mostly chalcopyrite and molybdenite with very little secondary mineralization. I collected these specimens from a small zone where the sulphides seemed to be reduced to the native metal. The specimens appear as a white quartz-native copper breccia with copper and cuprite crystals in interstices. Interesting!

All prices in Canadian dollars. For payment in US$, deduct 25% or multiply by 0.75.

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