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covellite

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co·vel·lite  (k-vlt, kv-lt)
n.
A lustrous indigo-blue mineral, CuS, an important ore of copper.

[After Nicolò Covelli (1790-1829), Italian mineralogist.]


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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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