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Chalcopyrite (/ˌkælkəˈpaɪˌraɪt, -koʊ-/ KAL-kə-PY-ryte, -koh-) is a
copper iron
sulfide mineral and the most
abundant copper ore mineral. It has the chemical...
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widely in
porphyry copper deposits along with the more
common chalcopyrite.
Chalcopyrite and
bornite are both
typically replaced by
chalcocite and covellite...
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volcanogenic m****ive
sulfide deposits. It is
found in ****ociation with galena,
chalcopyrite,
pyrite (and
other sulfides), calcite, dolomite, quartz, rhodochrosite...
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copper sulfide deposits.
Commonly found as
coatings on chalcocite,
chalcopyrite, bornite, enargite, pyrite, and
other sulfides, it
often occurs as pseudomorphic...
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minerals in IOCG
deposits are
typically copper-iron
sulfide chalcopyrite and
gangue pyrite,
forming 10–15% of the rock m****.
Supergene profiles...
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light brownish bronze streak. In contrast, pyrite,
pyrrhotite and
chalcopyrite will all
display much
darker streaks:
brownish black,
greyish black,...
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usual case when it is
primarily sulfide copper minerals (such as
chalcopyrite, FeCuS2), the ore is
treated by comminution,
where the rock is crushed...
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Image Name
Formula %
Copper when pure
Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 34.5
Chalcocite Cu2S 79.8
Covellite CuS 66.5
Bornite 2Cu2S·CuS·FeS 63.3
Tetrahedrite Cu3SbS3...
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platinum group, and
other metals. This
magma formed into pyrrhotite,
chalcopyrite, and
pentlandite rocks, as well as
cubanite and magnetite. In 1856, while...
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Creighton Mine.
Common ore
minerals found at the
Creighton mine
include chalcopyrite, cubanite, galena, ilmenite, magnetite, pentlandite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite...
