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1" Rare Tongxinite on Native Copper - Germany
This is a 1" wide formation of native copper mined near Brumbach Creek in Saxony - Anhalt, Germany. The natural golden color of the specimen is a result of the formation of yellow tongxinite over the copper, a rare copper-zinc mineral known from few locations.
Comes with an acrylic display case.
Comes with an acrylic display case.
About Native Copper
Native copper is an uncombined form of copper that occurs as a natural mineral. Copper is one of the few metallic elements to occur in native form, although it most commonly occurs in oxidized states and mixed with other elements. Native copper was an important ore of copper in historic times and was used by pre-historic peoples.
Native copper occurs rarely as isometric cubic and octahedral crystals, but more typically as irregular masses and fracture fillings. It has a reddish, orangish, and/or brownish color on fresh surfaces, but typically is weathered and coated with a green tarnish of copper carbonate.
Native copper is an uncombined form of copper that occurs as a natural mineral. Copper is one of the few metallic elements to occur in native form, although it most commonly occurs in oxidized states and mixed with other elements. Native copper was an important ore of copper in historic times and was used by pre-historic peoples.
Native copper occurs rarely as isometric cubic and octahedral crystals, but more typically as irregular masses and fracture fillings. It has a reddish, orangish, and/or brownish color on fresh surfaces, but typically is weathered and coated with a green tarnish of copper carbonate.
SPECIES
Tongxinite & Copper (Cu)
LOCATION
Brumbach Creek, Grillenberg, Sangerhausen, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
SIZE
1" wide
CATEGORY
ITEM
#317046
