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(1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XI. Ordnung. Erze. III. Kupfererz. Cuprit.. in Handbuch der bestimmenden Mineralogie. Bei Braumüller and Seidel (Wien): 546-555.",{"id":181,"year":182,"html":183,"doi":11},16106968,1884,"Miers, H.A. (1884) Hemihedrism of cuprite. The Philosophical Magazine: 18: 127-130.",{"id":185,"year":186,"html":187,"doi":11},16106969,1915,"Bragg and Bragg (1915): 155.",{"id":189,"year":190,"html":191,"doi":192},103567,1922,"Niggli, P. (1922) Die Kristallstruktur einiger Oxyde I. \u003Ci>Zeitschrift für Kristallographie\u003C\u002Fi>,  57 (1). 253-299 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1524\u002Fzkri.1922.57.1.253'>doi:10.1524\u002Fzkri.1922.57.1.253\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1524\u002Fzkri.1922.57.1.253",{"id":194,"year":195,"html":196,"doi":11},16106971,1924,"Greenwood, G. (1924) The crystal structure of cuprite and rutile. Philosophical Magazine: 48: 654-663.",{"id":198,"year":199,"html":200,"doi":11},16106972,1931,"Neuburger, M. (1931) Ueber die Gitterkonstante von Cuprooxyd Cu2O. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie: 77: 169-170.",{"id":202,"year":203,"html":204,"doi":11},16106973,1934,"Schroeder (1934) Centralblatt für Mineralogie: 353.",{"id":206,"year":203,"html":207,"doi":11},16106974,"Kleber, W., Schroeder, R. (1934) Über die morphologischen und strukturellen Verhältnisse des Kuprit. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie B.: 69: 364-387.",{"id":209,"year":210,"html":211,"doi":11},1118651,1944,"Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) \u003Ci>The System of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.",{"id":213,"year":214,"html":215,"doi":11},16106976,1964,"Pinsker, Z.G., Imamov, R.M. (1964) Production and investigation of thin films of Cu2O. Soviet Physics - Crystallography: 9: 334-335.",{"id":217,"year":218,"html":219,"doi":220},16596174,1969,"Ramdohr, Paul (1969) \u003Ci>The Ore Minerals and their Intergrowths\u003C\u002Fi>. Pergamon Press, Oxford. 1174pp. \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fc2013-0-10027-x'>doi:10.1016\u002Fc2013-0-10027-x\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fc2013-0-10027-x",{"id":222,"year":223,"html":224,"doi":11},527797,1983,"Veblen, David R., Post, Jeffrey E. (1983) A TEM study of fibrous cuprite (chalcotrichite): microstructures and growth mechanisms. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  68 (7-8) 790-803 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM68\u002FAM68_790.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":226,"year":227,"html":228,"doi":229},190531,1986,"Restori, R., Schwarzenbach, D. (1986) Charge density in cuprite, Cu2O. \u003Ci>Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science\u003C\u002Fi>,  42 (3) 201-208 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1107\u002Fs0108768186098336'>doi:10.1107\u002Fs0108768186098336\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1107\u002Fs0108768186098336",{"id":231,"year":232,"html":233,"doi":11},16106977,1990,"Kirfel, A., Eichhorn, K. (1990) Accurate structure analysis with synchrotron radiation. The electron density in Al2O3 and Cu2O. Acta Crystallographica: A46: 271-284.",{"id":235,"year":236,"html":237,"doi":11},1118654,1997,"Gaines, Richard V.; Skinner, H. Catherine W.; Foord, Eugene E.; Mason, Brian; Rosenzweig, Abraham; King, Vandall T. (1997) \u003Ci>Dana's New Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (8th ed.). Wiley-Interscience. 1872 pp.",{"id":239,"year":236,"html":240,"doi":241},10399344,"Richthofen, A. v., Domnick, R., Cremer, Rainer (1997) Preparation of cuprite (Cu2O), paramelaconite (Cu32+Cu21+O4) and tenorite (CuO) with magnetron sputtering ion plating: characterization by EPMA, XRD, HEED and SEM. \u003Ci>Fresenius' Journal of Analytical Chemistry\u003C\u002Fi>,  358. 312-315 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs002160050415'>doi:10.1007\u002Fs002160050415\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fs002160050415",{"id":243,"year":244,"html":245,"doi":11},16106979,2000,"Lippmann, T., Schneider, J.R. (2000) Topological analyses of cuprite, Cu2O, using high-energy synchrotron-radiation data. Acta Crystallographica: A56: 575-584.",{"id":247,"year":248,"html":249,"doi":250},10559820,2002,"Shannon, Robert D., Shannon, Ruth C., Medenbach, Olaf, Fischer, Reinhard X. (2002) Refractive Index and Dispersion of Fluorides and Oxides. \u003Ci>Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data\u003C\u002Fi>,  31 (4) 931-970 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1063\u002F1.1497384'>doi:10.1063\u002F1.1497384\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1063\u002F1.1497384",{"id":252,"year":253,"html":254,"doi":11},16963855,2005,"(2005) Cuprite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. 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Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10418452\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite-ww12b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Itauz Mine, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-55929.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 2 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Cuprite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A magnificent group of stacked Cuprite octahedrons, the largest of which is .7cm on edge. The luster is a beautiful, brushed metallic silver, and the modified edges of the crystals add even more drama to the piece. 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Lavinsky",545,600,{"id":280,"source_url":281,"license_code":259,"credit_html":282,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":261,"original_height":283},29571,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F92214","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F92214\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",681,{"id":285,"source_url":286,"license_code":266,"credit_html":287,"title":288,"description":289,"author":290,"original_width":291,"original_height":291},6628,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=103942381","Masha Milshina, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=103942381\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite Crystals.jpg","Cuprite crystals. Mednorudyanskoe deposit, Nizhny Tagil, Middle Urals, Russia. Macrophotographic field of view 1.9 mm.","Masha Milshina",3724,{"id":293,"source_url":294,"license_code":259,"credit_html":295,"title":296,"description":297,"author":298,"original_width":299,"original_height":300},6629,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=129568228","Kritzolina, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=129568228\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite found near Nizhny Tagil 01.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>, found near Nizhny Tagil in the Ural Federal District, Russia","Kritzolina",5472,3648,{"id":302,"source_url":303,"license_code":259,"credit_html":304,"title":305,"description":297,"author":298,"original_width":299,"original_height":300},6630,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=129568229","Kritzolina, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=129568229\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite found near Nizhny Tagil 02.jpg",{"id":307,"source_url":308,"license_code":272,"credit_html":309,"title":310,"description":311,"author":312,"original_width":313,"original_height":314},39332,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=7790850","Didier Descouens, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=7790850\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa> with malachite - Dikuluwe Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) - (View 6.2 cm × 1.5 cm)","Didier Descouens",4592,3056,{"id":316,"source_url":317,"license_code":272,"credit_html":318,"title":319,"description":320,"author":276,"original_width":321,"original_height":322},39334,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172223","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172223\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite-280499.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEl_Chino_Mine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:El Chino Mine\">Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit; Santa Rita Mine)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSanta_Rita\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Santa Rita\">Santa Rita\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSanta_Rita_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Santa Rita District\">Santa Rita District\u003C\u002Fa>, Grant County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_Mexico\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New Mexico\">New Mexico\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3978.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 7.4 x 3.8 x 2.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Scintillating, gemmy to opaque, cherry-red, cubic cuprite crystals comprise this striking, two-sided, crust of solid cuprite crystals from the Chino Mine of New Mexico. There are just a couple of small points of attached crust. This was nearly a floater. Outstanding material from this noted locale, and according to the Minette Collection label, was collected calculated 1954. Old-time, superb quality cuprite with textbook crystals and fine color.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",650,493,{"id":324,"source_url":325,"license_code":259,"credit_html":326,"title":327,"description":328,"author":329,"original_width":330,"original_height":331},39335,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=113752008","Koreller, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=113752008\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Muséum de Nantes - 586 - Cuprite (Mexique).jpg","Cuprite, en provenance du Mexique, au Muséum de Nantes","Koreller",3188,2628,{"id":333,"source_url":334,"license_code":259,"credit_html":335,"title":336,"description":328,"author":329,"original_width":337,"original_height":338},39336,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=113752009","Koreller, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=113752009\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Muséum de Nantes - 587 - Cuprite (Mexique).jpg",4272,2848,{"id":340,"source_url":341,"license_code":259,"credit_html":342,"title":343,"description":344,"author":345,"original_width":346,"original_height":347},39338,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=127573790","Raimond Spekking, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=127573790\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Collection de minéraux, Cuprite, Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nantes-5035.jpg","Cuprit in der Mineraliensammlung des Naturhistorisches Museums in Nantes \u003Cspan class=\"mw-valign-text-top noprint\" typeof=\"mw:File\u002FFrameless\">\u003Ca href=\"\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:Collection_de_min%C3%A9raux,_Cuprite,_Mus%C3%A9um_d%27histoire_naturelle_de_Nantes-5035.jpg#ooui-php-4\" title=\"Edit this at Structured Data on Commons\">\u003Cimg alt=\"Edit this at Structured Data on Commons\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fupload.wikimedia.org\u002Fwikipedia\u002Fcommons\u002Fthumb\u002F8\u002F8a\u002FOOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg\u002F20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" class=\"mw-file-element\" data-file-width=\"20\" data-file-height=\"20\">\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>","Raimond Spekking",3205,2404,{"id":349,"source_url":350,"license_code":266,"credit_html":351,"title":352,"description":353,"author":354,"original_width":355,"original_height":356},39340,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146588374","Slashme, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146588374\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprit.jpg","Cuprite from the Rubsovskiy Mine, Altai, Russia","Slashme",4649,3190,{"id":358,"source_url":359,"license_code":266,"credit_html":360,"title":361,"description":362,"author":363,"original_width":364,"original_height":365},39342,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=167125188","Animalculum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=167125188\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite, Musee de Mineralogie, Paris, 2025, 2.jpg","Cuprite from Chessy, France in Musee de Mineralogie, Paris","Animalculum",2665,3554,{"id":367,"source_url":368,"license_code":272,"credit_html":369,"title":370,"description":371,"author":276,"original_width":372,"original_height":373},6625,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141825","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141825\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite-Delafossite-133433.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDelafossite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Delafossite\">Delafossite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Chengmenshan Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Jiurui Mining District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FJiujiang_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Jiujiang County\">Jiujiang County\u003C\u002Fa>, Jiujiang Prefecture, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FJiangxi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Jiangxi\">Jiangxi Province\u003C\u002Fa>, China (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-64292.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.7 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Lustrous, discrete, wine-red cuprite crystals to 6 mm aesthetically scattered on matrix covered by sparklly delafossite microcrystals from recent finds at the well-known Chengmenshan Copper Mine of Jiangxi Province. Excellent and showy material.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",472,400,{"id":375,"source_url":376,"license_code":272,"credit_html":377,"title":378,"description":379,"author":276,"original_width":278,"original_height":380},6626,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10167173","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10167173\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Galena-Cuprite-250202.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGalena\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Galena\">Galena\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBisbee\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bisbee\">Bisbee\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWarren_(biogeographic_region)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Warren (biogeographic region)\">Warren District\u003C\u002Fa>, Mule Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCochise_County,_Arizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cochise County, Arizona\">Cochise County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Arizona\">Arizona\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3296.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 7.6 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>interesting clusters of tiny, sharp, battleship-gray galena octahedrons are attractively scattered on both sides of the vuggy, sculptural matrix of solid cuprite on this excellent old-time specimen from the Dennis Mullane Bisbee Collection. The white areas on the photo are actually powder-blue chrysocolla, a colorful accent.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",392,{"id":382,"source_url":383,"license_code":272,"credit_html":384,"title":385,"description":386,"author":387,"original_width":388,"original_height":338},13530,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=26382092","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=26382092\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite, kolwezite, dolomite 1.JPG","crystals of cuprite, crystals of kolwezite, cristals of dolomite : Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi Districy, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Republic of Congo (Zaïre)","Parent Géry",4288,{"id":390,"source_url":391,"license_code":272,"credit_html":392,"title":393,"description":394,"author":395,"original_width":396,"original_height":397},24544,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146705316","HolDu, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146705316\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Brochantit, Trippkeit, Cuprit (OM1-071A).jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBrochantite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Brochantite\">Brochantite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTrippkeite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Trippkeite\">Trippkeite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Ojancos Viejo, Copiapó (Atacama), Chile\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","HolDu",4230,2824,{"id":399,"source_url":400,"license_code":259,"credit_html":401,"title":402,"description":403,"author":404,"original_width":405,"original_height":406},6631,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=132780556","Eric Polk, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=132780556\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite coated with malachite.png","Sample of cuprite coated with malachite collected from Onganja Mine, Namibia.  On display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA.","Eric Polk",2524,1291,{"id":408,"source_url":409,"license_code":272,"credit_html":410,"title":411,"description":412,"author":276,"original_width":278,"original_height":413},2928,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10154336","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10154336\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite-Beaverite-186529.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBeaverite-(Cu)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Beaverite-(Cu)\">Beaverite-(Cu)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTsumeb\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tsumeb\">Tsumeb\u003C\u002Fa>, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2428.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 7.7 x 5.5 x 3.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Lustrous, sharp, deep blood-red cuprite crystals are partially coated with beaverite on this fine piece from the Tsumeb Mine. This is a solid nodule of cuprite crystals, with no attachment points and is uncommon from this world-famous locality. Ex. Rob Smith Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",410,{"id":415,"source_url":416,"license_code":272,"credit_html":417,"title":418,"description":419,"author":276,"original_width":420,"original_height":421},6162,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10462457","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10462457\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Connellite-Cuprite-rice-13c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConnellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Connellite\">Connellite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBisbee\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bisbee\">Bisbee\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWarren_(biogeographic_region)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Warren (biogeographic region)\">Warren District\u003C\u002Fa>, Mule Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCochise_County,_Arizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cochise County, Arizona\">Cochise County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Arizona\">Arizona\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3296.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 6.0 x 3.9 x 3.2 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Connellite on Cuprite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A rich specimen with three clusters of the very rare species connellite, featuring: two spherical aggregates atop the specimen measureing 5 and 8mm across; and another group of crystals in freestanding form in a protected vug. These were very rare at Bisbee, and I have only ever seen 2 others for sale myself. The matrix is massive cuprite with attached host rock at its back. Esker Mayberry was the Bisbee barber and amassed a large and fine collection of Bisbee specimens in part by trading haircuts!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",800,631,{"id":423,"source_url":424,"license_code":272,"credit_html":425,"title":426,"description":371,"author":276,"original_width":278,"original_height":427},6977,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141823","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141823\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite-Delafossite-133432.jpg",500,{"id":429,"source_url":430,"license_code":431,"credit_html":432,"title":433,"description":434,"author":435,"original_width":436,"original_height":437},6979,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118206856","CC BY-SA 2.0","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118206856\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Delafossite with Cuprite (47859665302).jpg","\u003Cp>Bisbee\nArizona, USA\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nS-74-1619","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada",4000,6000,{"id":439,"source_url":440,"license_code":272,"credit_html":441,"title":442,"description":386,"author":387,"original_width":388,"original_height":338},13531,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=26382093","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=26382093\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite, kolwezite, dolomite.JPG",{"id":444,"source_url":445,"license_code":272,"credit_html":446,"title":447,"description":448,"author":387,"original_width":388,"original_height":338},13532,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=26441340","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=26441340\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite, kolwezite, dolomite 2.JPG","crystals of cuprite, crystals of kolwezite, crystals of dolomite : Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi Districy, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Republic of Congo (Zaïre)",{"id":450,"source_url":451,"license_code":266,"credit_html":452,"title":453,"description":454,"author":363,"original_width":455,"original_height":456},13534,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=167127940","Animalculum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=167127940\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kolwezite with Cuprite and Dolomite, Musee de Mineralogie, Paris, 2025.jpg","Kolwezite with Cuprite and Dolomite from Kakanda South Mine, Lualaba, DR Congo in Musee de Mineralogie, Paris",2796,3654,{"id":458,"source_url":459,"license_code":272,"credit_html":460,"title":461,"description":462,"author":276,"original_width":463,"original_height":420},15524,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161315","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161315\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Marshite-Cuprite-215156.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMarshite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Marshite\">Marshite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBroken_Hill,_New_South_Wales\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Broken Hill, New South Wales\">Broken Hill\u003C\u002Fa>, Yancowinna County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_South_Wales\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New South Wales\">New South Wales\u003C\u002Fa>, Australia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6765.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.4 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Marshite is almost never available to collectors, with most specimens either lost to the ages or already in museums. This is a very rich specimen, obviously validated, which I exchanged from the South Australian Museum last year (2008). The Museum label accompanies the piece. This piece features hundreds of sub-mm but eye-visible marshite crystals, on gangue matrix with small cuprite crystals. A very rich reference specimen for this important and very rare copper species (it is a startlingly simple copper iodide, CuI). When found, the mineral shows a pink coloration that faded naturally to colorless or beige over time (and now, is stable). Type locality.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",711,{"id":465,"source_url":466,"license_code":272,"credit_html":467,"title":468,"description":462,"author":276,"original_width":373,"original_height":469},15525,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161317","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161317\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Marshite-Cuprite-215157.jpg",385,{"id":471,"source_url":472,"license_code":272,"credit_html":473,"title":474,"description":462,"author":276,"original_width":373,"original_height":475},15526,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161318","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161318\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Marshite-Cuprite-215158.jpg",296,{"id":477,"source_url":478,"license_code":272,"credit_html":479,"title":480,"description":481,"author":276,"original_width":420,"original_height":482},16235,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161321","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161321\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Miersite-Cuprite-215161.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMiersite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Miersite\">Miersite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBroken_Hill,_New_South_Wales\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Broken Hill, New South Wales\">Broken Hill\u003C\u002Fa>, Yancowinna County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_South_Wales\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New South Wales\">New South Wales\u003C\u002Fa>, Australia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6765.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.5 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece features sharp, 0.5-mm, bright yellow, eye-visible miersite crystals, richly emplaced on ore matrix. This is a very rich specimen with unusual display aesthetics for this important and very rare silver\u002Fcopper species (it is a startlingly simple silver and copper iodide, (Ag,Cu)I ). Note the unusual cuprite crystal, perhaps altering to copper, present in the middle of the specimen. A very fine reference specimen, obviously validated, which I exchanged from the South Australian Museum last year (2008). The Museum label accompanies the piece.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",515,{"id":484,"source_url":485,"license_code":272,"credit_html":486,"title":487,"description":481,"author":276,"original_width":420,"original_height":488},16236,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161322","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161322\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Miersite-Cuprite-215163.jpg",585,{"id":490,"source_url":491,"license_code":272,"credit_html":492,"title":493,"description":481,"author":276,"original_width":494,"original_height":373},16237,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161323","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161323\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Miersite-Cuprite-215165.jpg",351,{"id":496,"source_url":497,"license_code":266,"credit_html":498,"title":499,"description":500,"author":354,"original_width":501,"original_height":502},16240,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146588372","Slashme, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146588372\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprit Miersit.jpg","Cuprite and miersite from the Rubsovskiy Mine, Altai, Russia",4162,2801,{"id":504,"source_url":505,"license_code":506,"credit_html":507,"title":508,"description":509,"author":510,"original_width":511,"original_height":512},17548,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=63799595","CC BY 3.0","John Sobolewski, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=63799595\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Neotocite, Cuprite-722380.jpg",":Dark Neotocite with bright Cuprite. JSS specimen and photo.\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","John Sobolewski",1253,947,{"id":514,"source_url":515,"license_code":431,"credit_html":516,"title":517,"description":518,"author":435,"original_width":436,"original_height":437},18685,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118202366","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118202366\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Paramelaconite with Chrysocolla, Japser, Cuprite, and Tenorite (47911402751).jpg","\u003Cp>Algoma Mine\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nMichigan, USA",{"id":520,"source_url":521,"license_code":272,"credit_html":522,"title":523,"description":394,"author":395,"original_width":524,"original_height":525},24543,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146705212","HolDu, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146705212\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Brochantit, Trippkeit, Cuprit (OM1-070A).JPG",4322,3509,{"id":527,"source_url":528,"license_code":272,"credit_html":529,"title":530,"description":394,"author":395,"original_width":531,"original_height":532},24545,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146705353","HolDu, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146705353\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Brochantit, Trippkeit, Cuprit (OM1-087A).JPG",4899,3065,{"id":534,"source_url":535,"license_code":272,"credit_html":536,"title":537,"description":538,"author":276,"original_width":278,"original_height":539},37120,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170983","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170983\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Brochantite-Cuprite-271412.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBrochantite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Brochantite\">Brochantite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBisbee\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bisbee\">Bisbee\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWarren_(biogeographic_region)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Warren (biogeographic region)\">Warren District\u003C\u002Fa>, Mule Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCochise_County,_Arizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cochise County, Arizona\">Cochise County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Arizona\">Arizona\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3296.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 18.5 x 13.0 x 7.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Lustrous sprays of pretty green, acicular brochantite crystals cover the large cabinet matrix of solid, massive cuprite on this excellent old-time specimen from the famous mines at Bisbee. The brochantite has a beautiful chatoyant character to it. Ex. Dennis Mullane Bisbee Collection. Very rich copper ore, weighing 7.9 pounds or over 3.5 kilograms.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",468,{"id":541,"source_url":542,"license_code":543,"credit_html":544,"title":545,"description":546,"author":547,"original_width":548,"original_height":549},39330,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=350513","Public domain","Unknown authorUnknown author, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=350513\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","CupriteUSGOV.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa> - Locality: Morenci, Arizona - „Bureau of Mines“, Mineral Specimens C\\01786","Unknown authorUnknown author",1400,1100,{"id":551,"source_url":552,"license_code":259,"credit_html":553,"title":554,"description":555,"author":556,"original_width":437,"original_height":557},39337,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=120379865","Vyacheslav Bukharov, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=120379865\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Collections of the Nizhny Tagil Local History Museum - 5.jpg","Коллекции Нижнетагильского историко-краеведческого музея. Куприт Меднорудянского месторождения. Подпись: \"Куприт, медь самородная, гётит в буром железняке. Меднорудянское месторождение.\"","Vyacheslav Bukharov",3376,{"id":559,"source_url":560,"license_code":266,"credit_html":561,"title":562,"description":563,"author":354,"original_width":501,"original_height":564},39339,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146588373","Slashme, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146588373\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprit Kupfer 1.jpg","Cuprite and copper from the Rubsovskiy Mine, Altai, Russia",2900,{"id":566,"source_url":567,"license_code":568,"credit_html":569,"title":570,"description":571,"author":354,"original_width":572,"original_height":573},39343,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=186822949","CC0 1.0","Slashme, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=186822949\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Volborthit Malachit Cuprit Hämatit Quarz 17442.jpg","Volborthite, malachite, cuprite, hematite and quartz (sandstone) from the Klutschevskoi mine near the Jagowski smelter, Ural, Perm, Russia. 546.26 g. With mm scale.",6559,4330,{"id":575,"source_url":576,"license_code":568,"credit_html":577,"title":578,"description":579,"author":354,"original_width":580,"original_height":581},39344,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=187393015","Slashme, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=187393015\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Volborthit Malachit Cuprit Hämatit Quarz 17442 2.jpg","Volborthite, malachite, cuprite, hematite and quartz (sandstone) from the Klutschevskoi mine near the Jagowski smelter, Ural, Perm, Russia. Macro of the sample in \u003Ca href=\"\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:Volborthit_Malachit_Cuprit_H%C3%A4matit_Quarz_17442.jpg\" title=\"File:Volborthit Malachit Cuprit Hämatit Quarz 17442.jpg\">File:Volborthit Malachit Cuprit Hämatit Quarz 17442.jpg\u003C\u002Fa>",5912,4008,{"id":583,"source_url":584,"license_code":272,"credit_html":585,"title":586,"description":587,"author":276,"original_width":420,"original_height":588},50423,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151975","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151975\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Connellite-Cuprite-177945.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConnellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Connellite\">Connellite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBisbee\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bisbee\">Bisbee\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWarren_(biogeographic_region)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Warren (biogeographic region)\">Warren District\u003C\u002Fa>, Mule Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCochise_County,_Arizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cochise County, Arizona\">Cochise County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Arizona\">Arizona\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3296.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.0 x 3.9 x 3.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A rich specimen with three clusters of the very rare species connellite, featuring: two spherical aggregates atop the specimen measuring 5 and 8mm across; and another group of crystals in freestanding form in a protected vug. The matrix is massive cuprite with attached host rock at its back. Ex. Rice Northwest Museum and Esker Mayberry Collections.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",673,{"id":590,"source_url":591,"license_code":272,"credit_html":592,"title":593,"description":594,"author":276,"original_width":595,"original_height":596},50424,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174419","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174419\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Connellite-Malachite-Cuprite-290489.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConnellite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Connellite\">Connellite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMalachite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Malachite\">Malachite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Czar Mine (Czar Shaft), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCopper_Queen_Mine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Copper Queen Mine\">Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine)\u003C\u002Fa>, Queen Hill, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBisbee\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bisbee\">Bisbee\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWarren_(biogeographic_region)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Warren (biogeographic region)\">Warren District\u003C\u002Fa>, Mule Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCochise_County,_Arizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cochise County, Arizona\">Cochise County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Arizona\">Arizona\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3302.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.0 x 3.9 x 1.9 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The famous Czar Mine at Bisbee produced from 1885 to 1944 and \"yielded more fine mineral specimens than any other in the camp\" (Mineralogical Record Bisbee issue, September-October, 1981). This rich copper ore combination specimen of solid cuprite is covered on both sides with eye-visible embedded microcrystals of blue connellite and primary malachite crystals in a pocket. Connellite is an uncommon hydrated copper hydroxide-sulfate-chloride and this is a fine reference specimen. Comes with an older Wards label.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",465,350,{"id":598,"source_url":599,"license_code":272,"credit_html":600,"title":601,"description":594,"author":276,"original_width":595,"original_height":602},50425,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174420","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174420\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Connellite-Malachite-Cuprite-290490.jpg",381,{"id":604,"source_url":605,"license_code":272,"credit_html":606,"title":607,"description":594,"author":276,"original_width":595,"original_height":608},50426,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174422","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174422\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Connellite-Malachite-Cuprite-290491.jpg",467,{"id":610,"source_url":611,"license_code":272,"credit_html":612,"title":613,"description":614,"author":276,"original_width":373,"original_height":615},67696,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10461508","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10461508\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite-Miersite-rare-09-44c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMiersite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Miersite\">Miersite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTasmania\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tasmania\">Tasmania\u003C\u002Fa>, Australia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-176.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 3.5 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>MIERSITE with Cuprite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece features sharp, 0.5-mm, bright yellow, eye-visible miersite crystals, richly emplaced on ore matrix. This is a very rich specimen with unusual display aesthetics for this important and VERY RARE silver\u002Fcopper species (it is a startlingly simple silver and copper iodide, (Ag,Cu)I ). Note the unusual cuprite crystal, perhaps altering to copper, present in the middle of the specimen. A very fine reference specimen, obviously validated, which I exchanged from the South Australian Museum last year. Miersite is very, very difficult to get in valid specimens. Never comes up for sale. These are terrific (can't believe they parted with 2), and again, with great provenance, so take advantage now while its possible! (TYPE LOCALITY)\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",367,{"id":617,"source_url":618,"license_code":272,"credit_html":619,"title":620,"description":621,"author":276,"original_width":622,"original_height":623},74463,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176167","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176167\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cuprite-Plancheite-160379.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPlancheite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Plancheite\">Plancheite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kamoto Principal Mine (Kamoto Fond Mine; Kamoto Mine), Kamoto, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKolwezi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kolwezi\">Kolwezi\u003C\u002Fa>, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6401.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.3 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A super-sharp, GEM, blood-red cuprite crystal aesthetically set on powder-blue plancheite-covered matrix on this excellent and showy specimen from the famous Kamoto Mine of Zaire. Cuprite is not well-known from the Kamoto Mine, so this is an outstanding piece for the species and locality. The 1.3 cm cuprite has textbook octahedral form and the super-trivial edge wear is barely noticeable and is certainly not a detraction to this classic material. Ex. H. Westenburger Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",592,453,{"id":625,"source_url":626,"license_code":272,"credit_html":627,"title":628,"description":629,"author":276,"original_width":630,"original_height":631},82329,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122326","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122326\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Copper-Cuprite-Tenorite-26415.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCopper\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Copper\">Copper\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCuprite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cuprite\">Cuprite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTenorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tenorite\">Tenorite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Indiana Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWinona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Winona\">Winona\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOntonagon_County,_Michigan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ontonagon County, Michigan\">Ontonagon County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMichigan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Michigan\">Michigan\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-11957.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An excellent and very sculpturally-shaped cluster of elongated tetrahexahedron copper crystals with EXCELLENT cuprite and tenorite patinas from the recent finds at the Old Indiana Mine in Ontonagon County, Michigan. Dramatic, 3-dimensional, and better in person! 7.2 x 5.5 x 3.7 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",488,618,[633,639,644,650,655],{"id":634,"url":635,"label":636,"formula":637,"spacegroup":638,"year":232},3405,"\u002Fcif\u002F3405.cif","Kirfel 1990","Cu2 O","P n 3 m",{"id":640,"url":641,"label":642,"formula":637,"spacegroup":643,"year":223},3406,"\u002Fcif\u002F3406.cif","Hafner 1983","P n 3",{"id":645,"url":646,"label":647,"formula":648,"spacegroup":638,"year":649},3407,"\u002Fcif\u002F3407.cif","Yamaguti 1938","O Cu2",1938,{"id":651,"url":652,"label":653,"formula":637,"spacegroup":638,"year":654},3408,"\u002Fcif\u002F3408.cif","Neuburger 1930",1930,{"id":656,"url":657,"label":658,"formula":637,"spacegroup":638,"year":190},3409,"\u002Fcif\u002F3409.cif","Niggli 1922",[660,661,662,663,664,665,666,667,668,669,670,671,672,673,674,675,676,677,678,679,680,681,682,683,684,685,686,687,688,689,690,691,692],"Aes caldarium rubro-fuscum","Cobre Rojo","Cuivre oxidulé","Cuprum tessulatum nudum","Haarförmiges Rotkupfererz","Hydrocuprite","Kopparglas (of Cronstedt)","Kupferbraun","Kupfergewächs","Kupferglas","Kupferlebererz","Kupferoxydul","Kupferroth","Lebererzkupfer","Leberkupfererz","Mine de cuivre vitreuse rouge","Minerai rouge de cuivre","Octahedral Copper","Octahedral Copper Ore","Oxydulated Copper","Red Copper","Red Glassy Copper Ore","Rotes Kupferglas","Rothkupfererz","Rothkupferez","Rotkupfererz","Rødkobbererts","Ruberit","Ruberita","Ruberite","Ruby Copper","Vulgo Kupferglas","Ziguéline (Synonym)",[694,698,702,706,710,714,718,721,726,730,734,737,741,745,749,753,763,767,770,774,778,782,785,788,792,796,800,804,807,810,813,817,820,824,827,831,834,838,842,845,848,852,855,858,861,864,867,871,879,882,886,890,893,896,899,902],{"lang":695,"names":696},"af",[697],"Kupriet",{"lang":699,"names":700},"ar",[701],"كوبريت",{"lang":703,"names":704},"ast",[705],"Cuprita",{"lang":707,"names":708},"az",[709],"Kuprit",{"lang":711,"names":712},"be",[713],"Купрыт",{"lang":715,"names":716},"ca",[717],"cuprita",{"lang":719,"names":720},"cs",[709],{"lang":722,"names":723},"de",[724,725,672,673,685,687],"Cuprit","Kupferblüte",{"lang":727,"names":728},"el",[729],"Κυπρίτης",{"lang":731,"names":732},"eo",[733],"Kuprito",{"lang":735,"names":736},"es",[705],{"lang":738,"names":739},"et",[740],"kupriit",{"lang":742,"names":743},"eu",[744],"kuprita",{"lang":746,"names":747},"fa",[748],"کوپریت",{"lang":750,"names":751},"fi",[752],"kupriitti",{"lang":754,"names":755},"fr",[756,757,758,759,760,761,762],"cuivre oxidulé","cuivre oxidulé capillaire","cuprite","mine de cuivre vitreuse rouge","minerai rouge de cuivre","rubérite","ziguéline",{"lang":764,"names":765},"ga",[766],"coiprít",{"lang":768,"names":769},"gl",[717],{"lang":771,"names":772},"he",[773],"קופריט",{"lang":775,"names":776},"hu",[777],"kuprit",{"lang":779,"names":780},"hy",[781],"Կուպրիտ",{"lang":783,"names":784},"id",[709],{"lang":786,"names":787},"it",[7],{"lang":789,"names":790},"ja",[791],"赤銅鉱",{"lang":793,"names":794},"ka",[795],"კუპრიტი",{"lang":797,"names":798},"kk",[799],"Куприт",{"lang":801,"names":802},"kk-arab",[803],"كۋپرىيت",{"lang":805,"names":806},"kk-cn",[803],{"lang":808,"names":809},"kk-cyrl",[799],{"lang":811,"names":812},"kk-kz",[799],{"lang":814,"names":815},"kk-latn",[816],"Kwprït",{"lang":818,"names":819},"kk-tr",[816],{"lang":821,"names":822},"ko",[823],"적동석",{"lang":825,"names":826},"ky",[799],{"lang":828,"names":829},"lt",[830],"Kupritas",{"lang":832,"names":833},"mk",[799],{"lang":835,"names":836},"nb",[837],"cupritt",{"lang":839,"names":840},"nl",[841],"cupriet",{"lang":843,"names":844},"nn",[837],{"lang":846,"names":847},"oc",[705],{"lang":849,"names":850},"pl",[851],"Kupryt",{"lang":853,"names":854},"pt",[717,7],{"lang":856,"names":857},"ro",[724],{"lang":859,"names":860},"ru",[799],{"lang":862,"names":863},"sk",[709],{"lang":865,"names":866},"sv",[709],{"lang":868,"names":869},"uk",[799,870],"Мідянець",{"lang":872,"names":873},"uz",[874,875,876,877,878],"Ko`prit","Ko'prit","Ko‘prit","Koʻprit","Qizil mis rudasi",{"lang":880,"names":881},"vi",[724],{"lang":883,"names":884},"zh",[885],"赤銅礦",{"lang":887,"names":888},"zh-cn",[889],"赤铜矿",{"lang":891,"names":892},"zh-hans",[889],{"lang":894,"names":895},"zh-hant",[885],{"lang":897,"names":898},"zh-hk",[885],{"lang":900,"names":901},"zh-sg",[889],{"lang":903,"names":904},"zh-tw",[885],"Q407335",{"history":907,"applications":911},{"markdown":908,"model_version":909,"prompt_version":910,"reviewed_at":11},"The name **cuprite** comes straight from the Latin *cuprum* — copper — chosen for the mineral's composition.\n\nThe mineral itself was known to miners long before it had its current name. In the oxidised zone above copper lodes — the weathered cap where rain and air break down the deeper sulfide ores — cuprite forms as deep red crystals and earthy red masses. Specimens reached European cabinets under a wide variety of local names that gradually accumulated as the mineral was found across copper districts.\n\nIn 1845 the mineralogist Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger gathered those scattered synonyms under a single new name, drawn directly from the Latin for copper[1]. The deep red of the best crystals kept the popular tag *ruby copper*, still attached today to the most vividly coloured specimens[2].\n\nTwo earlier variety names survived the renaming and are still in use. *Chalcotrichite* — from the Ancient Greek for *plush copper ore* — describes loosely matted aggregates of hair-thin capillary crystals with a deep carmine colour[3]. *Tile ore* names the brick-red earthy form[4].","claude-opus-4-7","1.7.0",{"markdown":912,"model_version":909,"prompt_version":910,"reviewed_at":11},"Cuprite is a minor ore of copper today[1]. It forms in the oxidised zone above copper lodes — the weathered cap where rain and air break down deeper sulfide ores — and is recovered when those zones are mined. Notable occurrences include Cornwall, Bisbee in Arizona, Tsumeb in Namibia, and Chessy in France[2].\n\nThe chemical compound — cuprous oxide, Cu₂O — has a wider industrial life, but the supply is made synthetically rather than mined. The dominant use is as a component of antifouling paints for ship hulls[3]. The same compound is also used as a fungicide and as a pigment[4].\n\nIn the laboratory, cuprite holds steady interest as a semiconductor with an unusual optical signature. Its excitons — the bound electron-hole pairs that carry energy through the crystal — are extraordinarily long-lived, producing the narrowest bulk exciton resonance ever observed[5]. The same Cu₂O chemistry has also surfaced in recent thin-film photovoltaic work. In December 2021 Toshiba reported a transparent Cu₂O solar cell with 8.4 percent conversion efficiency, the highest figure recorded for cells of that type at the time[6].\n\nBeyond industry and the lab, the mineral has a steady following with collectors. Deep red crystals from Onganja in Namibia are among the localities mineralogists point to for the species[7], and the popular name *ruby copper* still attaches to the most vividly red specimens[8]."]