RCU-11
Cuprite
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe, Rudnyi Altai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
Thumbnail, 2.6 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
SOLD
This is a lovely large thumbnail composed mostly of pristine, well formed octahedrons of metallic and slightly translucent, dark red cuprite to 1.5 cm in length. The back side has a small spot of contact where it grew from its source, but this does not affect the display side of the specimen and the piece is otherwise complete all around. A fine thumbnail cluster, for this find, of high quality. Note there is minor silver attached.