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Bornite

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Category
Sulfide mineral
Cleavage
Poor on
Color
Copper red, bronze brown, purple
Crystal class
Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Crystal habit
Granular, massive, disseminated – Crystals pseudocubic, dodecahedral, octahedral
Crystal system
Orthorhombic

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Bornite

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples75
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Bornite

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related to Occurrence · 26
Bornite → Austria, Bristol, Butte, Carn Brea, Connecticut, Cornwall, Dzhezkazgan, England, Frossnitz Alps, Illogan, It, Kazakhstan, Large, Lomagundi, Mangula, Montana, Morocco, N'ouva, Pilbara, Talate
related to history · 15
Bornite → As, Austrian, Because, Bohemia, Born, Bronze Age, Czech Republic, During, Early, Ignaz, Industrial Revolution, It, Karlovy Vary Region, Ore Mountains, Throughout
related to Bibliography · 8
Bornite → Berman, Dana’s, Frondel, Manning, Palache, Properties, Sulphur, The Canadian Mineralogist
related to Mineralogy · 2
Bornite → Chalcopyrite, It
Category · 1
Bornite → Sulfide mineral
Cleavage · 1
Bornite → Poor on
Color · 1
Bornite → Copper red, bronze brown, purple
Crystal class · 1
Bornite → Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Crystal habit · 1
Bornite → Granular, massive, disseminated – Crystals pseudocubic, dodecahedral, octahedral
Crystal system · 1
Bornite → Orthorhombic

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copper ore also mineral deposits important orthorhombic chalcopyrite sulfide system twinning found structure composition bronze crystals cu5fes4 references iridescent ores

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BorniteCategorySulfide mineral1.00infobox
BorniteCleavagePoor on1.00infobox
BorniteColorCopper red, bronze brown, purple1.00infobox
BorniteCrystal classDipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)1.00infobox
BorniteCrystal habitGranular, massive, disseminated – Crystals pseudocubic, dodecahedral, octahedral1.00infobox
BorniteCrystal systemOrthorhombic1.00infobox
BorniteDiaphaneityOpaque1.00infobox
BorniteFormulaCu5FeS41.00infobox
BorniteFormula mass501.88 g/mol1.00infobox
BorniteFractureUneven to subconchoidal1.00infobox
BorniteIMA symbolBn1.00infobox
BorniteLusterMetallic if fresh, iridescent tarnish1.00infobox
BorniteMohs scale hardness3–3.251.00infobox
BorniteOther characteristicsMagnetic after heating, iridescent1.00infobox
BornitePleochroismWeak but noticeable1.00infobox
BorniteRefractive indexOpaque1.00infobox
BorniteSpace groupPbca1.00infobox
BorniteSpecific gravity5.06–5.081.00infobox
BorniteStreakGrayish black1.00infobox
BorniteStrunz classification2.BA.101.00infobox
BorniteTenacityBrittle1.00infobox
BorniteTwinningPenetration twins on1.00infobox
BorniteUnit cella = 10.95 Å, b = 21.862 Å, c = 10.95 Å; Z = 161.00infobox

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