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Spionkopite

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Spionkopite

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Description
Locality: 
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

This specimen comes with  an original label being spionkopite. It is hard to say whether it is present or it was misidentified with an irdiscent copper sulfide. EDS analysis is probably worthless since there are two many minerals which have nearly the same chemistry.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spionkopite

Formula: 
Cu39S28
Strunz: 
2.CA.05c
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Spionkop Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek deposit, Alberta, Canada