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Cummingtonite: [ ]Mg7Si8O22(OH)2
Comments: Light brown prismatic crystalline aggregate of cummingtonite with radiating structure. Location: West Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Cuprite: Cu2O
Comments: Dark red ball or sphere of cuprite crystals set on a pearly white dolomite crystal matrix. Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: 5 x 2.5 x 4 cm. © Dan Weinrich
Comments: Red, acicular chalcotrichite crystals as a fine, fibrous red mass on matrix. Location: Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Cuprite: Cu2O Chrysocolla: (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·n(H2O)
Comments: Semi-metallic, dark reddish gray, cuprite crystals on blue chrysocolla. Location: Mashamba West mine, Shaba, Congo. Scale: 7.5 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Cuprobismutite: Cu10Bi12S23 Kupcikite: Cu3.4Fe0.6Bi5S10
Comments: Backscattered electron image of kupcíkite (ku) replacing cuprobismutite (cu); both phases are in turn replaced by bsimuthinite derivative (bd79-92). Location: Felbertal, Austria. Scale: Scale bar 100 µ-m. © Canadian Mineralogist
Cuprocopiapite: CuFe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2·20(H2O)
Comments: Grayish green crusts of cuprocopiapite on gypsum. Location: Copper Queen Mine, Double Mountain Fork of Brazois River, Stonewall County, Texas, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Cuproiridsite: CuIr2S4 Isoferroplatinum: (Pt,Pd)3(Fe,Cu)
Comments: Gray equant crystal of cuproiridsite in light gray isoferroplatinum. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light. Location: Konder Mine, Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Aldan shield, Saha (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 0.14 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Cupromakovickyite: Cu4AgPb2Bi9S18 Makovickyite: Ag1.5Bi5.5S9
Comments: SEM polished section detail of a grain of cupromakovickyite (dark gray) with locally exsolved lamellae (bright gray) of makovickyite. (CanMin, 46:503). Location: Baita Bihor, Romania.. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Cupromakovickyite: Cu4AgPb2Bi9S18 Hodrushite: Cu8Bi12S22
Comments: Kup?cíkite (ku) and hodrushite (ho) partly replaced by bismuthinite derivative (bd56) with relict lamellae of low-Cu (4P) and cupromakovickyite [4P(Cu,Pb)]. (CanMin, 41:1165). Location: Scheelite deposit of Felbertal, Austria. Scale: Scale Bar 100 µm. © Canadian Mineralogist
Cupropavonite: AgPbCu2Bi5S10
Comments: BSE image of pavonite matrix (light gray) showing thin exsolution lamellea of cupropavonite (darker gray, C). (Axis, Volume 2, Number 4 (2006)). Location: Lucky Lucy mine, Darwin mining district, Inyo County, California, USA. Scale: Gail E. Dunning / Mineralogical Record. © Mineralogical Record