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Covellite

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Description
Locality: 
Rio Tinto Mines, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Superb tabular microcrystals of iridiscent deep blue covellite richly covering a matrix of massive pyrite and minor powdery sulphur.

Much better under the lens, these was higly reflective to be photographed better.

Very fine!

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
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