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Cuprite (old locality)
- Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
- Miniature, 4.4 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm
- Start Time: 10/14/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/20/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
An unusual specimen with a shallow layer of matte-red, rounded cuprite on gossan host matrix. From an old mine in which copper was mined from volcanic rock base, in the early 1900s (according to MINDAT).