bornite
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naɪt noun
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
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| —n | |
| Also called: peacock ore a mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron that tarnishes to purple or dark red. It occurs in copper deposits. Formula: Cu5FeS4 | |
| [C19: named after I. von Born (1742--91), Austrian mineralogist; see | |
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Also present are veins along aplitic intrusions containing argentiferous galena and tetrahedrite with bornite.
B veins characteristically contain molybdenite-chalcopyrite and traces of bornite in some of the veins.
Bornite and chalcocite mineralization in quartz is also present.
The principal minerals are chalcopyrite and bornite, occurring as disseminations and vein fillings.
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