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Covellite

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Description
Locality: 
Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Weight: 
393.00gr
Description

Purple/blue irridescent  plates of covellite in a pyrite matrix from  a modern classic locality for this uncommon mineral

The pseudohexagonal plates show the characteristic bent habit of this mineral

Displays well, this is considerably larger than usual specimens

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

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