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Cubanite

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Description
Locality: 
Henderson #2 Mine, Chibougamau, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

A floater group of golden brassy-yellow, striated crystal of cubanite of intense metallic lustre, twinned on {110}.

Acquired around 1996-98, it is an Ex. Bob Liveyns specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cubanite

Formula: 
CuFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.55a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba

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