Michael C. Michayluk's Photo Gallery
4RP-K0TCopper Cu , Cuprite Cu2O , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Nogal Mining District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USAField of View: 9 mm
Red cuprite on native copper with green malachite
EEM-WPKCuprite Cu2O
Tyrone Mine, Tyrone Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USAField of View: 8.5 mm
Red aciciular chalcotricite on matrix.
P2L-8ECCuprite Cu2O
Tyrone Mine, Tyrone Area, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USAField of View: 2 mm
Red aggregates of cuprite with an unidentified yellow mineral.
8CG-XUGCuprite Cu2O
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Santa Rita Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USAField of View: 9 mm
Rhombic dodecahedron of cuprite. Specimen is such a deep red that it appears almost black unless under strong back lighting. .
TMD-M81Cuprite Cu2O
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Santa Rita Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USAField of View: 2 mm
Red aggregate of reticulated cuprite
1W5-AWQCuprite Cu2O , Copper Cu
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Santa Rita Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USAField of View: 2 mm
Modified cubic cuprite crystals on a euhedral copper crystal
AJ3-NLHCopper Cu , Cuprite Cu2O
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USAField of View: 1.8 mm
Native copper inter-grown with red cuprite. Rare for the locality.
L62-1A9Copper Cu , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USAField of View: 1.6 mm
A grain of native copper in the center of a mass of Fe-oxides and malachite.
R33-UD3Copper Cu
Kelly Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USAField of View: 6.5 mm
Native copper crystals associated with smithsonite
U5H-M5CCopper Cu
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Santa Rita Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USAField of View: 8 mm
Close-up of centimeter sized mass of twinned copper crystals.