Covellite with Pyrite
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Covellite with Pyrite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 13 x 9 x 8 cm - Cabinet
- Formula
- CuS (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Chuquicamata mine, El Loa Prov., Antofagasta, Chile
- Tagged
- sulfide
Large purplish mass of Covellite. An impressive ore chunk with Pyrite veins from one of the world's largest copper mines. Heavy - Extra Shipping applies!
Covellite
- Formula
- CuS
- Crystal System
- Hexagonal
- Crystal Habit
- Platy, Foliated
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Metallic
- Color
- indigo blue, light blue, dark blue, black
- Streak
- black gray
- Class
- Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Brittle
- Hardness
- 1.5-2
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
- Mineralpedia
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