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Bornite

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Description
Locality: 
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm
Description

This is a nice modern classic with tarnished and quite big bornite crystals on a sandstone matrix. The bornite hosts some small blackish lustrous crystals that could be chalcocite. Accompanied by bits of whiteish calcite. Older material, nowadays no more finds.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bornite

Formula: 
Cu5FeS4
Strunz: 
2.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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Best regards Roger