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Covellite With Pyrite

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Covellite With Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Calabona Mine, Alghero, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
151.00gr
Description

A classic, old time specimen from Sardinia and infrequently seen specimen, just from recycled collections, is this cluster of thin subparallelly stacked crystals of electric purple & blue covellite, associated to golden crystallized sulphides.

Specimen of a Dutch collection, built in the 1960’s - 1990’s, exchanged with local miners in Sardinia in 1985.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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Belgium <2Kg (Unregistered)
7
NL, DE, FR, LU <2Kg (Unregistered)
11
Rest EU <2Kg (Unregistered)
14
EUROPE (NO EU) <2Kg (Unregistered)
15
USA <2Kg (Unregistered)
19
REST OF THE WORLD <2Kg (Unregistered)
21

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