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Covellite

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Description
Locality: 
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.8 × 2.7 cm
Description

Massive, copper-red/brown covellite specimen with metallic luster. The mine worked until 1997.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Covellite

Formula: 
CuS
Strunz: 
2.CA.05a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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