Description
Superb specimen of red cuprite crystals with fine geodes, in a gangue of green chrysocolla, a mineral derived from the alteration of copper.
Native copper is indicated, but has not been found.
Cuprite crystals from the Italian island of Elba. Mineral from the Deyrolle collection, a Parisian naturalist dealer. Comes with its handwritten label and original box (19th or early 20th century).
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