Bornite
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Bornite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 4 x 3 x 2 cm - Miniature
- Formula
- Cu5FeS4 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Carn Brea, Redruth, Cornwall, England
- Tagged
- sulfide , copper
Excellent specimen, well-preserved, with blue irridescent cubic and modified Bornite crystals to 2mm in aggregate up to 6mm. Nice piece. The blue is a bit exaggerated by the lights. Exceptional Bornite crystals - should not be over-looked.
Bornite
- Formula
- Cu5FeS4
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Massive - Granular, Reniform, Granular
- Cleavage
- Imperfect, None, None
- Luster
- Metallic
- Color
- copper red, bronze brown, purple
- Streak
- grayish black
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 3
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
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