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Native Sulphur & Covellite

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Description
Locality: 
Rio Tinto Mines, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 2.6 cm
Weight: 
54.00gr
Description

Spectacular group of native sulphur crystals on a pyrite matrix, some also containing covellite crystals.
These covellites appeared in the Gossan de Resto Alfredo mine waste in the Riotinto Mines. Very good specimens were once found when some old galleries were cut during the English mineworks.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sulphur

Formula: 
S8
Strunz: 
1.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5

Covellite

Formula: 
CuS
Strunz: 
2.CA.05a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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