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Chemical Composition: CuFeS2
Group: -
System: Tetragonal
Family: Sulphides
Hardness: 3.5 - 4
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- Compact microgranular masses
- Brassy yellow in colour
- Heavy, relatively fragile
- Burns in flame
- Black streak
- Softer than pyrite and fuses more readily
- Found in: Canada, Chile, Cyprus, France, Italy,
Norway, Sweden, USA, former USSR, Yugoslavia, Zaïre
- Copper ore mined extensively in Sudbury, Ontario
- By-products: gold and silver
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