Bornite Mineral Gallery

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Bornite: Cu5FeS4

Comments: Metallic, crystalline bornite crystal with bluish tarnish.
Location: Kamoto mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Dem. Repub. Congo. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Bornite: Cu5FeS4  
Isomertieite: Pd11Sb2As2  
Arsenopalladinite: Pd8(As,Sb)3  
Gold: Au

Comments: Light grayish grain of intimately intergrown isomertieite and arsenopalladinite (in the center of the picture), with pale yellow gold and brownish to violet bornite. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light.
Location: Noril'sk, Putoran Mts, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 0.1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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Bornite: Cu5FeS4  
Briartite: Cu2(Zn,Fe)GeS4  
Catamarcaite: Cu6GeWS8

Comments: Briartite-type phase (Bri) in close association with catamarcaite (Ct) lining a cavity in massive bornite (Bn) - chalcocite (Cc) ore; Sp is sphalerite (CanMin v44:1481).
Location: Bornite-rich ore from old dumps near the La Rosario vein, Capillitas epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina.. Scale: See Image.
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Bornite: Cu5FeS4

Comments: Metallic, crystalline bornite crystal with bluish tarnish.
Location: Kamoto mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Dem. Repub. Congo. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Bornite: Cu5FeS4  
Isomertieite: Pd11Sb2As2  
Arsenopalladinite: Pd8(As,Sb)3  
Gold: Au

Comments: Light grayish grain of intimately intergrown isomertieite and arsenopalladinite (in the center of the picture), with pale yellow gold and brownish to violet bornite. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light.
Location: Noril'sk, Putoran Mts, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 0.1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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Bornite: Cu5FeS4  
Briartite: Cu2(Zn,Fe)GeS4  
Catamarcaite: Cu6GeWS8

Comments: Briartite-type phase (Bri) in close association with catamarcaite (Ct) lining a cavity in massive bornite (Bn) - chalcocite (Cc) ore; Sp is sphalerite (CanMin v44:1481).
Location: Bornite-rich ore from old dumps near the La Rosario vein, Capillitas epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina.. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist