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Covellite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Calabona Mine, Alghero, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 0.5 cm
Description

A nice group of laminar iridescent blue to violet covellite crystals.

Partly overgrown by a thin layer of golden pyrite .

Classic sample from this historic locality.

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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