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Covellite & Pyrite

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Covellite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Bor Mine, Bor-Majdanpek, Bor District, Serbia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 6.5 × 2 cm
Description

Interesting, one side cut and polished specimen of foliated blue covellite

crystals intergrown with golden pyrite and quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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