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Bornite

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Bornite

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Description
Locality: 
Cobriza Mine, Chinchado-Sacramento, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.7 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

Perfect rhombohedrons of bornite cober the sample, and are acompanied by shiny tennantite on andesite matrix.

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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