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Bornite & Carrollite

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Bornite & Carrollite

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Description
Locality: 
Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Iridescent bornite crystals with lustrous metallic carrollite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bornite

Formula: 
Cu5FeS4
Strunz: 
2.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Carrollite

Formula: 
Cu(Co,Ni)2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Patapsco mine (Finksburg Mine; Orchard Mine), Patapsco Mines, Finksburg, Sykesville, Carroll Co., Maryland, USA