Item talk:Q162265
From geokb
Mindat Short Description
An important copper ore, typically found as massive or disseminated metallic grains and patches in sulphide ore deposits; relatively rare as good euhedral crystals.
It has a copper-reddish colour on fresh exposures which quickly tarnishes to a pinki...
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. V. Kupperkies. Bornit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie, Bei Braumüller and Seidel (Wien) 559-562
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Cu5FeS4
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
Cu1+5Fe3+S2-4
