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Cuprite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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THE MINERAL CUPRITE ... Cuprite has been a major ore of copper and is still mined in many places around the world. Of all the copper ores except for native copper, cuprite gives the greatest yield of copper per molecule since there is only one oxygen atom to every two copper atoms.
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Cuprite is commonly found as an oxidation product of copper sulphides in the upper zones of veins, often associated with Native Copper , Malachite , Azurite , Limonite and Chalcocite . A fibrous form of Cuprite is known as Chalcotrichite . ... Classification of Cuprite...
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Cuprite : Cu2O ... Cuprite : Cu2O, Copper : Cu ... Mavoio Mine, Uíge Province, Angola; Sample cut to see the veins of Malachite in Cuprite - Overall size 6x5x1,5cm - April of 1974...
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Click Here for Larger Cuprite Image in a New Browser Window ... Comments: Dark red ball or sphere of cuprite crystals set on a pearly white dolomite crystal ...
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Serving the Internet with Cuprite and other fine and rare colored gemstones from around the world. ... Transparent cuprite is not known to be enhanced. Opaque cuprite is occasionally coated with colorless wax, or rarely impregnated with plastic and/or other hardened agents to improve durabilty and appearance.
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Etymology: German Kuprit, from Late Latin cuprum. Date: circa 1850. : a red mineral consisting of copper oxide that is a minor ore of copper ...
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Blocky, red crystals of Cuprite in a stalactitic mass of Limonite from the Ray Mine near Winkleman, Arizona. ... A close up view of the above Cuprite specimen from Winkleman, AZ. This photo shows the cubic nature of the crystals.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on cuprite (mineral), soft, heavy, red oxide mineral (Cu2O) that is an important ore of copper. A secondary mineral often formed by the weathering of copper sulfide minerals, cuprite is widespread as brilliant crystals, grains, or earthy masses in the oxidized zone of copper lodes.
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