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Copper

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Copper, 9 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Joe Budd photo.

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SpeciesCopper
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions9.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityMexico, Sonora, Milpillas Mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collecting In Texas page 94
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Rick & Sharrie Ely

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Copper
Mineral guide
Learn about Copper
native copper with spinel-twinned crystals and arborescences; notable from Lake Superior, Itauz, Dongchuan, Corocoro, prized for color and localities.
Copper
Regional guide
Copper from Milpillas Mine
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Locality guide
Milpillas Mine
Milpillas Mine, Mexico — defining modern locality famed for electric indigo azurite and sculptural malachite, with rare volborthite, dioptase, and cuprite.