Bornite
Formula | Cu5FeS4 |
Origin | Dscheskazgan (Kazakhstan) |
Description | black bornite crystals |
Classification (Lapis) | Sulfides |
Crystal System | Orthorhombic |
Hardness | 3,0 – 3,5 |
Colour | Copper-red to pinchbeck-brown on fresh surfaces, rapidly tarnishes iridescent purplish; in polished section, pinkish brown when fresh |
Streak | Pale grayish black |
Luminescence | none observed |
Lustre | Metallic |
Transparency (Opacity) | Opaque |
Cleavage | in traces |
Fracture | Uneven to subconchoidal |
Magnetism | |
Geological Setting | Associated with and disseminated in mafic igneous rocks, in contact metamorphic skarn deposits, in pegmatites, in medium- to high-temperature hydrothermal deposits, and in sedimentary cupriferous shales; stable below ∼200 ◦C |
Specific Gravity | 5,07 g/cm3 |
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