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Linnaeite

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Linnaeite

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Description
Locality: 
Nchanga Open Pit, Chingola District, Copper Belt Province, Zambia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.8 × 2.7 cm
Description

Silvery metallic linnaeite with minor chalcopyrite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Linnaeite

Formula: 
Co2+Co3+2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden