Mineralpedia Details for Cosalite
Cosalite
Named for the type locality at the Cosala mine near the town of Cosala in the municipality of Cosala in Sinaloa, Mexico. It is an uncommon mineral that occurs in medium-temperature hydrothermal deposits and in contact metasomatic and epithermal replacements, and in pegmatites. Localities for Cosalite include in, additionally, the United States, Canada, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Kazakhstan, England, Romania, Australia, and Madagascar, among a few others.
Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/cosalite.pdf
- Formula
- Pb2Bi2S5
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Radial, Massive - Fibrous
- Cleavage
- Good, None, None
- Luster
- Metallic
- Color
- gray, steel gray, silver white
- Streak
- black
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Uneven
- Hardness
- 2.5-3
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Cosalite from Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, United States
Small acicluar Cosalite crystals, less than 1mm.
Cosalite from Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert, Karagandy, Kazakhstan
An combination specimen of Mostly large cubic Pyrite crystals to 1cm and needle-like crytsals of Cosalite. Also in association is a large black Sphalerite crystals and micro octahedral crystals of purple Fluorite and Muscovite.
Cosalite from Bolivar mine, Piedras Verdes, Chihuahua, Mexico
There are numerous places on this specimen with acicular or thin elongated blades of Cosalite in open spaces in Calcite and Chalcopyrite. Very attractive specimen with the golden Chalcopyrite crystals (6-11mm), Quartz crystals and Calcite.
Cosalite from Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Awesome specimen loaded with silvery gray blades of Cosalite as much as 4.5cm long. See prov. tab for original Swedish(Mineralogisk-Geologiska Institutioen i Lund) label.
