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Coppite & Magnesioferrite

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Coppite & Magnesioferrite

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Description
Locality: 
Schelingen, Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

rich parageneses of black crystals of magnesioferrite, smaller redbrown octaeders of koppite with phlogophite and apatite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Coppite

Variety Of: 

Tetrahedrite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
(Cu,Fe)12Sb4S13
Hardness: 
0.0

Magnesioferrite

Formula: 
MgFe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Dark red
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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