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Cubanite

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Description
Locality: 
Henderson #2 Mine, Chibougamau, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

Sharp and lustrous golden cubanite crystals on matrix.

Very nice old specimen from Armin Wendland collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cubanite

Formula: 
CuFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.55a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba