Covellite Click here to view Best Minerals C and here for Best Minerals A to Z and here for Fast Navigation of completed Best Minerals articles. Can you help make this a better article? What good localities have we missed? Can you supply pictures of better specimens than those we show here? Can you give us more and better information about the specimens from these localities? Can you supply better geological or historical information on these localities? After each set of pictures there should be some descriptive text. If none appears it means that we need someone to tell us about the specimens from that locality and something about the geology of the occurrence. Covellite CuS Hexagonal Butte, Montana, USA 5 cm© MikeHaritos2005 Good crystals of covellite are rare. In most locations, covellite is a massive material. Crystals have been found at the Calabona mine, Italy, Summitville, Colorado and Butte, Montana. Covellite is normally found in the sugergene enriched sulfide zone of copper deposits. It is rarely found as tiny crystals from volcanic fumaroles. Italy, Sardinia, Calabona Mine Most covellite specimens were produced prior to the 1850's. 8 cm© Mauro Astolfi 6 cm© Rob Lavinsky USA, Colorado, Rio Grande Co., Summitville District 2.5 cm© Rob Lavinsky USA, Colorado, Rio Grande Co., Summitville District, Little Annie Mine 6 cm© www.exceptionalminerals.com 1.6 cm© Danny Jones USA, Colorado, Rio Grande Co., Summitville District, Galactic Open Pit 5 cm© 2002 John H. Betts 7 cm© Brent Thorne USA, Montana, Silver Bow Co., Butte District, Leonard Mine 6 cm© www.exceptionalminerals.com 6 cm© Rob Lavinsky 4 cm© Rob Lavinsky Click here to view Best Minerals C and here for Best Minerals A to Z and here for Fast Navigation of completed Best Minerals articles. http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,69,146872,146872#msg-146872 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:53:09 +0000 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,69,146872,146872#msg-146872 Covellite http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,69,146872,146872#msg-146872 Best Minerals C and here for Best Minerals A to Z and here for Fast Navigation of completed Best Minerals articles.


Can you help make this a better article? What good localities have we missed? Can you supply pictures of better specimens than those we show here? Can you give us more and better information about the specimens from these localities? Can you supply better geological or historical information on these localities? After each set of pictures there should be some descriptive text. If none appears it means that we need someone to tell us about the specimens from that locality and something about the geology of the occurrence.


Covellite
CuS Hexagonal

Butte, Montana, USA 5 cm© MikeHaritos2005


Good crystals of covellite are rare. In most locations, covellite is a massive material. Crystals have been found at the Calabona mine, Italy, Summitville, Colorado and Butte, Montana.

Covellite is normally found in the sugergene enriched sulfide zone of copper deposits. It is rarely found as tiny crystals from volcanic fumaroles.


Italy, Sardinia, Calabona Mine

Most covellite specimens were produced prior to the 1850's.

8 cm© Mauro Astolfi
6 cm© Rob Lavinsky



USA, Colorado, Rio Grande Co., Summitville District

2.5 cm© Rob Lavinsky



USA, Colorado, Rio Grande Co., Summitville District, Little Annie Mine


6 cm© www.exceptionalminerals.com
1.6 cm© Danny Jones




USA, Colorado, Rio Grande Co., Summitville District, Galactic Open Pit

5 cm© 2002 John H. Betts
7 cm© Brent Thorne





USA, Montana, Silver Bow Co., Butte District, Leonard Mine

6 cm© www.exceptionalminerals.com

6 cm© Rob Lavinsky
4 cm© Rob Lavinsky




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