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Bornite In Shale

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Bornite In Shale

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Description
Locality: 
Thomas-Münzer-Schacht, Sangershausen, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

A typical thin vein of bornite - so called "Kupferlineal" (copperruler) - in dark grey copper shale.

One side cut and polished.

Old classic specimem from the Mansfeld copper mining area.

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

Shale

Variety Of: 

Sedimentary Rock

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