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Pretty pink and poisonous Erythrite is against its shiny silver and structurally-useful Skutterudite.
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Cuprite from
Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz18
Malachite8
Native Copper8
Cloncurryite6
Cuprite5
- var Chalcotrichite5
Brochantite5
Hentschelite4
Gerhardtite3
Connellite2
Chrysocolla2
Wavellite2
Cyanotrichite1
Azurite1
Barlowite1
Tenorite1
Covellite1
Nantokite1
Limonite1
Atacamite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (25 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:26285
Long-form Identifier:1:3:26285:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Cuprite in this Region
B Tangye Lode, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
0.1km (0.0 miles) B Tangye Lode, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
9.2km (5.7 miles) Mount Glorious Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
9.5km (5.9 miles) Magpie prospect (Magpie Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
15.0km (9.3 miles) Lorena Gold Mine (Lorena Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
27.4km (17.0 miles) Success Mine, Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
38.6km (24.0 miles) Mount McCabe, Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
38.8km (24.1 miles) Lone Hand Mine, Malbon, Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
48.6km (30.2 miles) Mount Lindsay Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
51.9km (32.3 miles) Mary Kathleen Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
56.0km (34.8 miles) Sunset mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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