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| Name: | Cuprite Cpr |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #437: Cuprite Twin Buttes, Pima County, Arizona, USA  #467: Cuprite Ray, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA  #649: Cuprite var. Chalcotrichite Chengmenshan Deposit, Jiangxi Province, China  #950: Cuprite Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico  #1165: Cuprite Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico |
| IMA Chemistry: | Cu2O |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Cuprite contains elements: Copper (Cu) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Germany |
| Year First Published: | 1845 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XI. Ordnung. Erze. III. Kupfererz. Cuprit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie, Bei Braumüller and Seidel (Wien) 546-555 |
| Structural Group Name: | Not in a structural group |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | |
| Crystal Systems: | cubic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 4000 Million Years Ago |
| Mohs Hardness: | 3.75 |
| Diaphaneity: | 2.0 |
| Specific Gravity: | 6.14 |
| More Info: | Search Wikipedia: Cuprite (Wiki) Search Mindat: Cuprite Search Web Mineral DB: Cuprite |
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