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Bornit

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Also known as erubescite, peacock copper

Mineral aus der Bornitgruppe

Key facts

Mineral.name
Bornite
Mineral.category
Sulfide mineral
Mineral.image
Bornite-Quartz-135210.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.caption
Lightly iridescent bornite crystal on quartz needles, from Kazakhstan
Mineral.formula
Cu5FeS4
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Bn
Mineral.molweight
501.88 g/mol
Mineral.strunz
2.BA.10
Mineral.system
Orthorhombic
Mineral.class
Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Mineral.symmetry
Pbca
Mineral.unit cell
a = 10.95 Å, b = 21.862 Å, c = 10.95 Å; Z = 16
Mineral.color
Copper red, bronze brown, purple
Mineral.habit
Granular, massive, disseminated – Crystals pseudocubic, dodecahedral, octahedral
Mineral.twinning
Penetration twins on [111]
Mineral.cleavage
Poor on [111]
Mineral.fracture
Uneven to subconchoidal

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Ignaz von Born
Image
Bornite-105006.jpg
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Commons category
Bornite
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
2.BA.15
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
2.BA.10
chemical formula
Cu₅FeS₄
type locality (geology)
Jáchymov
Mohs' hardness
3
density
5.10
IMA Mineral Symbol
Bn
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
II/A.02
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Article · Deutsch

Bornit (Tief-Bornit), auch Buntkupferkies, Kupferlasurerz oder Kupfer-Lazur genannt, ist ein häufig vorkommendes Mineral aus der Mineralklasse der „Sulfide und Sulfosalze“. Es kristallisiert im orthorhombischen Kristallsystem mit der chemischen Zusammensetzung Cu5FeS4 und entwickelt meist massige Aggregate, seltener Kristalle in Oktaeder- oder pseudokubischer Form in bronze- oder kupferner Farbe.

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