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Cubanite

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Cubanite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

Clusters of acicular cubanite crystals on harmotome crystal

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