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Covellite

ex. R. Feigl

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Description
Locality: 
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Flaky crystals with the typical blue luster from this location. The specimen consists out of quartz and hosts the covellite.

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