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covellite

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covellite [kō′ve‚līt]
(mineralogy)
CuS An indigo-blue mineral of metallic luster that crystallizes in the hexagonal system; it is usually massive or occurs in disseminations through other copper minerals and represents an ore of copper. Also known as indigo copper.


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Hypogene sulphide mineralization consists of chalcopyrite, bornite, covellite and pyrite.
Mineralization consists of chalcopyrite and bornite with secondary covellite and chalcocite, hosted within gabbroic intrusive rocks associated with a major regional fault system.
The primary copper-bearing minerals occurring in the Moonlight deposit are bornite and chalcopyrite with lesser amounts of covellite and chalcocite.
 
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