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Bornite

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Description
Locality: 
Mangula Mine, Mhangura, Makonde District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 5 × 4.1 cm
Description

Intriguing massive specimen of crystalline bornite, associated to minor calcite. Very solid and think, rather heavy as expected, with the typical bluish tarnish and excellent metallic lustre.

The original label reports 'Rhodesia', but I can confidently say that this is a Mangula mine specimen.

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

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