Cuprite [ Cu2O ]

Image of Cuprite

Material properties

Formula Cu2O
Abbreviation Cpr
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1845
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Crystal symmetry Cubic, Point group m3m, Space group Pn3m (#224)
Tags Mineral, Simple oxide

Composition

Element Atoms
O 1
Cu 2
Total: 3

Specimens of Cuprite

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image
M0311 Cuprite CSIRO Cuprite (97.9%), Quartz 97.9
M0656 Cuprite CSIRO Clinochlore, Fe, Cuprite (41.7%), Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Malachite, Quartz 41.7
M0945 Chrysocolla CSIRO Chrysocolla, Cuprite (14.6%), Goethite, Malachite, Microcline, Quartz 14.6
M0480 Atacamite CSIRO Aragonite, Atacamite, Clinoatacamite, Cuprite (9.1%), Malachite, Quartz 9.1
M0158 Copper CSIRO Chalcocite, low, Copper, Cuprite (6.8%), Quartz 6.8
M0154 Copper CSIRO Cobaltite, Copper, Cuprite (2.2%), Gold, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz 2.2
M0301 Chalcocite CSIRO Bornite, Chalcocite, low, Chalcocite, high, Chalcocite-Digenite Group, Cuprite (1.7%), Djurleite, Goethite, Malachite, Pyrite 1.7