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CHALCOCITE

Cu2S
Copper Sulfide


Dunbrack Pb, Cu, Zn, Ag Mine, Halifax County
UTM (NAD27)
Zone 20
 Northing 4962571
 Easting 484916
Details:
  The Dunbrack Pb, Cu, Zn, Ag Mine (really only a development prospect by modern mining standards) consists of two shafts found a few kilometers north of the village of Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax County.
References:
  NSMOD #D14-009
Further Info:
  extensive information & references available in the Mineral Database
Other Minerals:
  galena, tridymite, tourmaline, fluorite, azurite, pyrrhotite, cerussite, ilmenite, djurleite, digenite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, pyrite, bornite, malachite, meneghinite, pyromorphite




 

 Cleavage: imperfect in two directions, prismatically

 Colour: dark gray to black

 Fracture: conchoidal

 Hardness: 2.5 - 3

 Luster: metallic

 Streak: shiny black to lead gray

 Possible Useage: copper ore, mineral specimen

 More Info: Mineral Gallery, Mineralogy Database

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