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This quartz from Paraíba, Brazil, contains inclusions of the hydrated copper silicate mineral gilalite...

This quartz from Paraíba, Brazil, contains inclusions of the hydrated copper silicate mineral gilalite...

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This quartz from Paraíba, Brazil, contains inclusions of the hydrated copper silicate mineral gilalite, with one inclusion altered to the red copper oxide mineral cuprite due to a crack that allowed secondary fluids to attack and alter the inclusion. http://bit.ly/2JedfcP by Nathan Renfro; field of view 5.49 mm.