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Bornite & Chalcopyrite

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Bornite & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Kipushi Mine, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.6 × 2.3 cm
Description

Classic primary association of massive sulphides from the Kipushi mine. Golden chalcopyrite, black sphalerite and purple bornite with very intense metallic lustre.

Collected before 1960, the specimen is from the stock of Robert Verdoodt, who was working in the laboratories of Union Minière du Haut-Katanga and evacuated to Belgium in 1960 after the beginning of the Congo crisis.

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

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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