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Covellite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Flakes of covellite from this classic locality knwon for good covellite specimens with the typical irdescent blueish purple colour.

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