Definition of Covellite. Meaning of Covellite. Synonyms of Covellite

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Definition of Covellite

Covellite
Covelline Co*vel"line (k?-v?l"l?n), Covellite Co*vel"lite (-l?t), n. [After Covelli, the discoverer.] (Min.) A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.

Meaning of Covellite from wikipedia

- Covellite (also known as covelline) is a rare copper sulfide mineral with the formula CuS. This indigo blue mineral is commonly a secondary mineral in...
- superconductor was discovered at Ames National Laboratory in 2024. Mi****ite, covellite, parkerite, and palladseite, occur in nature, and are also made in labs...
- initially thought to occur in nature as the dark indigo blue mineral covellite. However, it was later shown to be rather a cuprous compound, formula...
- copper ore deposits where the copper sulfide minerals chalcocite (Cu2S), covellite (CuS), digenite (Cu18S10), and djurleite (Cu31S16) are deposited by the...
- Prominent copper sulfide minerals include Cu2S (chalcocite) and CuS (covellite). In the mining industry, the minerals bornite or chalcopyrite, which...
- Formula % Copper when pure Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 34.5 Chalcocite Cu2S 79.8 Covellite CuS 66.5 Bornite 2Cu2S·CuS·FeS 63.3 Tetrahedrite Cu3SbS3 + x(Fe,Zn)6Sb2S9...
- native copper, copper sulfides such as chalcopyrite, bornite, digenite, covellite, and chalcocite, copper sulfosalts such as tetrahedite-tennantite, and...
- copper minerals include the sulfides bornite (Cu5FeS4), chalcocite (Cu2S), covellite (CuS), digenite (Cu9S5); carbonates such as malachite and azurite, and...
- Corundum Ruby (var.) Sapphire (var.) Padparadscha Golden sheen sapphire Covellite Creedite Crocoite Cryolite Cuprite Danburite Datolite Descloizite Diamond...
- leaching of pentlandite to release nickel, or the leaching of chalcocite, covellite or chalcopyrite to release copper. Bioleaching can involve numerous ferrous...