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Covellite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Calabona Mine, Alghero, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Rich, classic Sardinian covellite with tabular crystals up to 1 cm. These specimens came out for a very shourt period in the 30íes of last century. 

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