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Digenite

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Description
Locality: 
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 7.8 × 3.7 cm
Description

Massive black digenite from Butte (Montana). It is heavy with nice purple iridescences.

Acquired in 1978. Ex. Georges Vanacker* specimen.

*Vanackerite (from Tsumeb) is named after him.

 

Mineral Data
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Digenite

Formula: 
Cu9S5
Strunz: 
2.BA.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Copper slate deposits, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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