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Covellite

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Covellite

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Description
Locality: 
Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut Territory, Canada
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.3 × 1.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen of chalcopyrite crystals with a few very nice clusters of hexagonal covellite crystals. A neat little specimen from this obscure locality.

Mineral Data
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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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