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Definition of Bornite

Bornite
Bornite Bor"nite, n. [Named after Von Born, a mineralogist.] (Min.) A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface.

Meaning of Bornite from wikipedia

- Bornite, also known as pea**** ore, is a sulfide mineral with chemical composition Cu5FeS4 that crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (pseudo-cubic)...
- consisting of a bornite-coated chalcopyrite crystal nestled in a bed of clear quartz crystals and lustrous pyrite crystals. The bornite-coated crystal...
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) Colour(s) Red, blue, and gold Fossil Spriggina floundersi Mineral Bornite, Opal as Gem Website sa.gov.au...
- in northern British Columbia, Canada. Bornite Mountain Bornite "Bornite Range". BC Geographical Names. Bornite Range in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia...
- (chalcocite) and CuS (covellite). In the mining industry, the minerals bornite or chalcopyrite, which consist of mixed copper-iron sulfides, are often...
- hydroxides, and sulfates. ****ociated copper minerals include the sulfides bornite (Cu5FeS4), chalcocite (Cu2S), covellite (CuS), digenite (Cu9S5); carbonates...
- minerals, including native copper, copper sulfides such as chalcopyrite, bornite, digenite, covellite, and chalcocite, copper sulfosalts such as tetrahedite-tennantite...
- ****ociated with and often intergrown with chalcocite, covellite, djurleite, bornite, chalcopyrite and pyrite. The type locality is Sangerhausen, Thuringia...
- sulfide deposits. Commonly found as coatings on chalcocite, chalcopyrite, bornite, enargite, pyrite, and other sulfides, it often occurs as pseudomorphic...
- result of interference of light waves. Examples include labradorite and bornite. In addition to simple body colour, minerals can have various other distinctive...