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Covellite With Bournonite

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Covellite With Bournonite

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Description
Locality: 
Lubin Mine, Gmina Lubin, Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6.5 × 2.3 cm
Weight: 
215.00gr
Description

Unusual very rare dark blue covellite with bournonite from new find in Lubin Copper mine. Specimen was cut and polished. Now is shiny and lustrous. Color of covellite is dark blue but after we use strong light color is changed to blue like on the photo. On the specimen is very well visible difference between blue covellite and purple bournonite.

S65-7

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

Bournonite

Formula: 
PbCuSbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.50
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Boys (Trewetha Mine; Old Trewetha Mine), Port Isaac, St Endellion, Wadebridge District, Cornwall, England, UK
Piatek Minerals

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