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Bornite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamoya, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Very good bornite specimen from the Congo with sharp well-formed crystals up to 7 mm on matrix on  a whitish contrasting matrix.

Aesthetic and well balanced specimen.

Ex. Erich Laskowski collection

 

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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