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Covellite

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Covellite

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Description
Locality: 
Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm
Description

Dark metallic blue bladed crystals of covellite grace cavities in a sulphide rich matrix., in places there is a white clay coating on the covellite, in other areas the covellite is dark, irridescent blue and lusterous

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
Earthstones Australia

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