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Cubanite

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Cubanite

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Description
Locality: 
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

Rare beautiful cubanite crystals together with pyrrhotite and dolomite. 

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