| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Covellite interlayered with Chalcopyrite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 78672 |
| Mineral: | Covellite interlayered with Chalcopyrite |
| Locality: | Summitville District, Rio Grande County, Colorado |
| Description: | Foliated mass of large bladed blue-metallic covellite crystals interlayered with yellow-metallic chalcopyrite with no attached matrix. This covellite was collected during old mining operations. Now the mine is reclaimed and closed forever. Collected ca. 1985 |
| Overall Size: | 5x4.5x1.8 cm |
| Crystals: | 5-25 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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