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Bornite

Bornite, also known as peacock ore, is a sulfide mineral with chemical composition Cu5FeS4 that crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (pseudo-cubic). Bornite is used as an ore for copper, and was named after a Ignaz Von Born a Transylvanian scientist who put together the world’s first public Natural History museum.
Locality
Unknown

Streak
Grayish Black
Hardness
Formula
3-3.25
Cu5FeS4
Habit
Granular, disseminated, pseudo cubic, dodecahedral, octahedral
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