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Cubanite from
Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cubanite
Formula:CuFe2S3
Comments:The cubanite only occurs on white dolomite and can be easily confused with mm sized pyrrhotites. These were the best cubanites until the cm sized ones were found
Habit:Orthorhombic prisms to a few mm
Colour:yellow brown
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrrhotite53 photos of Cubanite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Dolomite39 photos of Cubanite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Siderite31 photos of Cubanite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Quartz19 photos of Cubanite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Calcite5 photos of Cubanite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Albite3 photos of Cubanite associated with Albite at this locality.
Apatite2 photos of Cubanite associated with Apatite at this locality.
Scheelite2 photos of Cubanite associated with Scheelite at this locality.
Magnesite2 photos of Cubanite associated with Magnesite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite2 photos of Cubanite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cubanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photo GalleryView Gallery (20 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:4123
Long-form Identifier:1:3:4123:2
GUID (UUID V4):2f3c7594-d90c-475f-be21-7eb6a9706e89
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Velhas greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil D.S. Vial a,⁎, G.C. Abreu b , G. Schubert a , L...Vale do Rio Doce, BR 381, km 450, Santa Luzia, MG, Brazil Instituto de Geociências da Universidade de São...São Paulo, Rua Major Solbiat, 226, Torrinha, SP, Brazil Fundação Educacional de Caratinga, Fazenda Experimental...BR-116, Km 526, Bairro das Graças, Caratinga, MG, Brazil b c Received 26 June 2003; accepted 2 January...Pari, as well as the world-class deposits of Morro Velho and Cuiabá. All these deposits, whether large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elsevier.com/locate/oregeorev The geology of the Morro Velho gold deposit in the Archean Rio das Velhas greenstone...greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil Diogenes Scipioni Vial a,⁎, Ed DeWitt b , Lydia Maria...Doce-CVRD, BR 381, Km 459, Santa Luzia, MG, 33010-970, Brazil United States Geological Survey, Box 25046, Denver...Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil d CTGS...Abstract The Morro Velho gold deposit, Quadrilátero Ferrífero region, Minas Gerais, Brazil, is hosted by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
e r a l i z a t i o n in Central E a s t e r n Brazil: a review A. Bernasconi Terraconsult AG, Steinwiesstrasse24...the major Archaean terranes of central eastern Brazil is given in the first section of this paper. Integration...Jequie and Goias mobile belts of central eastern Brazil. This mineralization associated with greenstone...important Archaean gold districts of Brazil, the Iron Quadrangle of Minas Gerais (Fig. 1), was discovered. Recently...the Archaean gold metallogeny of central eastern Brazil based on the presently known major raineralized
Report (volume)
workshop held December 1-10,1986, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, was hosted by the Institute Brasileiro de Mineragao...photograph at Quintas, Mineragao Morro Velho Club, Nova Lima, Brazil December 4,1986 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...Kerswill 19. 20. 21. 22. Fernando L. Repetto Rafael Lima de Oliveira Eduardo Ladeira Diogenes Scipioni Vial...Sergio Maurus Ribas Paulo Roberto Amorim dos Santos Lima Marcel Fonseca 36. Vitor Hugo Silveira de Castro...Quadrilatero Ferrffero, Minas Gerais, Brazil Workshop: Belo Horizonte, Brazil, December 1-10,1986 Sponsors:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals occur rarely in well-crystallized specimens. Cubanite, a mineral known primarily to those scientists...inclusions. Even in deposits characterized by cubanite that exceeds 20 percent in local abundance, it...twinned, sharply developed cubanite crystals from the Henderson No. 2 mine in the Chibougamau mining district...nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Cubanite is a somewhat nondescript brass- to bronze-yellow...and a density of 4.1 and is strongly magnetic. Cubanite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (UmUmUm)
Journal (issue)
50 to $ 1,000.00 HYDROBORACITE from the Thompson mine, Death Valley, Calif. Some spec­ imens w ith colemanite...Newman Minerals From the Lavra da llha Pegmatite, Brazil.................... 207 Jacques P. & Jeannine O...Richard S. Mitchell The Minerals of the Morro Velho Gold Mine, Brazil.......................................Good thumbnail of the simple SILVER. Glenn Lake Mine. San Diego Co., Calif. A group of octrahedron xl...doubly terminated xls with good RENARDITE. Ruggles Mine, Massive. Rare. 2 x 4cm $14.00 pink color. Slightly
Report (issue)
Cubanite CuFe2 S3 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point...intimate oriented intergrowths with chalcopyrite. Cubanite may exsolve from chalcopyrite below about 200...Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona; from Prince William Sound, Alaska. In the Strathcona mine, Sudbury...Piedmont, Italy. In Brazil, in the Morro Velho gold mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais. At Broken Hill, New...and J.M. Stewart (1973) On the transformation of cubanite. Can. Mineral., 12, 33–38. (3) Szymański, J.T
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrrhotite crystal on quartz attributed to the Potosi mine, Santo Domingo, Santa Eulalia (now known as Aquiies...pyrrhotite crystal from the Morro Velho gold mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The 10.1-cm specimen is...ore include the old bismuth mine at Monroe and the historic nickel mine at Litchfield, Connecticut; the...mines, Chester County, the Gap mine, Lancaster County, and the Ecton mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania;...Haralson, and Douglas Counties and the Stone Hill mine area of Randolph and Cleburne Counties, Alabama
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CUBANITE FROM SUDBURY, ONTARIO M. A. PracocK ANDG. M. YarsEvrrcrr, Haraard Uniaersity, Cambridge,M assachusetts...assachusetts. Suuuenv Excellent crystals of cubanite from Sudbury, Ontario, are orthorhombic, dipyramidal...35; sum 99.64, giving cuFezs3. The identity of cubanite and chalmersite is confirmed. The name chaimersite...with excellent crystals of cubanite of novel appearancefrom the Frood Mine at Sudbury, Ontario. The specimen...some improvements. Cnvsrelr,ocRApHy The Sudbury cubanite is brassy yellow and the crystals are of substarrtial
Book
BARTORELLI ::• . . .. MINERALS & PRECIOUS STONES OF BRAZIL Sponsored by: VALE MINISTER.IO DA CULTURA ©...Lavra do Sapo, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais. Collection of Alvaro Lucio. Photograph taken...Brasileira do Livro, SP, Brazil) Cornejo, Carlos .Minerals & precious stones of Brazil. Carlos Cornejo, Andrea...3. Minerals - Brazil 4. Minerals- Classification 5. Mineralogy 6. Mineralogy - Brazil - History 7. Precious...Precious stones - Brazil I. Bartorelli, Andrea. II. Title. 09-10025 Cover photograph: Crystal of brazilianite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
orthorhombic copper iron sulfide, C u F e S , synonym for cubanite; E . Hussak (1902) Centralblatt. Min., p. 69....1856-1928, superintendent of the Morro Velho gold mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. George Chalmers was born at...generations before. He went to Brazil in 1884 to reorganize the St. John del Rey gold mine, which was then in a...Pedro Leopoldo - E F C B , Caixa Postal 36, Minas Gerais). 3 4 CLOUSTONITE: A lustrous, jet-black asphalt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrrhotite from Schneeberg, Saxony, and from Morro Velho, Brazil, were investigated by the precession method...and Hicks3 studied {erromagnetic crystals from Minas Geraes, Brazll, and paramagnetic crystals from Maggiadone...precession photograph of py'rrhotite from Morro Velho, Brazil; MoKa radiation. (c* vertical, o* horizontal)...195-220 4,14 M. J. BUERGER berg, Saxony, and Morro Velho, Bra"zll. Crystals from both of these localities...99-102 (1936). ra Buerger, M. J., The structure of cubanite, CuFe2S3,and the coordination of ferromagiretic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hampshire, United Kingdom 2 Ouro Preto, MG 35400000, Brazil MA Corresponding author: ines.pereira@port.ac...Quadrilátero Ferrífero in the São Francisco Craton, Brazil is known for its world-class PT E gold deposits...time (e.g. Witwatersrand, South Africa; Jacobina, Brazil; Huronian, Canada; Sierra Nevada, USA). In 2013...from the Paleoproterozoic Minas Supergroup, Quadrilátero Ferrífero (QF), Brazil by using detrital rutiles...a Paleoproterozoic PT supracrustal sequence (Minas Supergroup), unconformably overlain by a Paleoproterozoic
Journal (issue)
Eguas, Brumado (Born Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Brazil. Ex Steve Neely collection; Jeff Scovil photo....specimen mining projects at the White Phantom Crystal mine and several other quartz and wavellite localities...Russia In the late 2000s the Rubtsovskiy copper mine in western Siberia became famous among collectors...specimens of iodargyrite, marshite and miersite. The mine is still active, but operations may have already...(Py6l{oBcKoe) (neuter gender), while the best name for the mine is Rubtsovskiy (masculine gender). The Mineralogical
Journal (issue)
........................ 141 by T. A. Rickard Cubanite from Chibougamau, Quebec .........................157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................expanding vista. On arrival at the American Nettie mine the superintendent, Mr. Kunz, permitted us to visit...into the valley, whence a road led to the Bachelor mine in Red Canon. Two members of the party, who were...porter of the hills.” When we reached the Bachelor mine the noon-day meal was ready, so we accepted the
Book
cm Page 251: Calcite, Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * 12.5 x 10 x 10.5 em Page 252: Gypsum rosette...environment. solidified. In some basalts of India and Brazil, these cavities are large enough for a person...before it ABOVE: Imperial topaz, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil ° 3.3 x 2.7 x 1.8 om, 159.10 ct RIGHT: Round...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Siderite Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province...History. Figure 1. Gemmy siderite from Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province...& MINERALS Figure 2. Siderite with quartz, from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The...Very fine examples of siderite were collected from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, where large cleavage...associated quartz (fig. 2). From the Palermo No. 1 mine, North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, come
Journal (issue)
reports whicl sometimes contain photos, maps and mine diagrams. This i: valuable information to have preserved...occur together and at one locality only —in a coal mine tunnel in Nesquehoning. Lansfordite was found some...magnetite mine near Peekskill, which is known as the Hopper mine, Travis Corners mine, Edison mine, Nelson...Nelson mine and Canopus mine. When this mine appears in print, its five names should be given. Another source...source of confusion arises when a mine or quarry is situated near a county or state line and its nearest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
937-944, 1992 High-pressurecrystal chemistry of cubanite,CuFerS, CarnnnrNr McClvrmoNr* JrNvrrN ZruNG...DC 20015-1305, U.S.A. ABSTRACT We have studied cubanite, CuFerS, (orthorhombic, space gtoup Pcmn, a: 6...atomic configurations. The crystal structure of cubanite, CuFerSr, is ortho- effect of is a worthy candidate...candidate becauseof the interest in Cubanite rhombic with ordered tetrahedral cation sites and S atthe effect...that every other slab is tallographic study of cubanite at following goals: (l) to determine the relative
Book (edition)
Utah 283 12 HYPOTHERMAL DEPOSITS 293 Morro Velho, Brazil 297 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia...MESOTHERMAL DEPOSITS 317 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 319 Magma Mine, Arizona 325 Chuquicamata, Chile 333 14 EPITHERMAL... 453 Nickel Deposits of New Caledonia Morro da Mina, Brazil 470 Bauxite Deposits of Jamaica 472 466...Besides, what we are pleased to call the riches of a mine, are riches relatively to a distinction which nature...also advocated by Joseph Brunner (1801), a Bavarian mine official. Scipione Breislak (1811) an Italian geologist
Journal (issue)
Unusual Crystallization or... Mineral Pathology? //Mine mlogicheskii zhurnal. 1989.1.11, N 2. p.96-98. 10...during the warm season. Only a watchman stays at the mine through the winter. Last year, the teamleader Vasilii...Crystal 25x 17x 17mm. J& 60/13411. Agate (onyx) ?Brazil]. 6x 5 CM.N2 636/3292. Hofmann collection. All...Hungary, the Harz, Italy, Tirol, Saxony, Switzerland, Brazil, North America, Sitka Island, and Manila (Philippines)...in the Urals, in the settlement of the Frolovskoe Mine, a subsidiary o f the Bogoslovsk Works. His name
Journal (issue)
eerste goudvondst in Chibougamau, de McKenzie Gold Mine (Portage Island). Een studie van de heer Albert...april 1987, opereert het onder de naam Joe Mann mine, eigendom van Campbell Resources Inc. 1956: “Al...mijnen. (Bv: Lac aux Dorés, Joe Mann, Lemoine, Cooke mine (Chapais), Berrigan, etc.) 6. Consolideer de bestaande...de vondsten uit de Henderson- II Mine of Campbell Chibougamau Mine Ltd kwamen en veel beter waren dan...de Vehlo gold Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazilië.( Lucio & Gaines 1973) en de Strathcome Mine, Sudbury, Ontario
Report (issue)
BRECATN| GeLa TS! sreiersie cisisiatee s Morro Velho-Raposos Serramder Jacopina, ......)s:s.se...between galena sphalerite, Darwin Lead-Silver-Zinc mine, Inyo County, California, Econ. Geol., v. 66, p..., Bingham 1971, mining U. xiii S. study mine, of the '"'B" limestone Bingham mining The age...Finally, to that fine group of scientists and men, the mine geologists of the Americas, who have taken time...British White, D., 1968, 1961, 6, p. 39-50, 52 mine now in production: (particularly, of the Brenda
Report (issue)
Landlocked Bay, the Gladhaugh mine at Ellamar, and the Big Bonanza mine on Latouche Island were staked...8 Bateman, A. M., Geology of the Beatson copper mine, Alaska: Econ. Geology, vol 19, pp. 338-368, 1924...to the eye and is determined only by systematic mine sampling, for the quantity of the replacing sulphides...pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, chalmersite (cubanite), sphalerite, galena, and quartz. Gold and silver...little native copper. Chalcopyrite and chalmersite (cubanite) are the only copper minerals among those listed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lessersulphidessuchas molybdenite,pentlandite, marcasite,cubanite,enargite,tetrahedrite,and covellite, alsooccurlesscommonly...(65) .... x x x x x x x x x x x x x Ashley Mine, Ont. (95) ................. Atikokan, Ont. (45)...(9) ..................... x x x x x x x Beattie Mine, Que. (30) ................ x x x x x Several...x Altenberg, Saxony, Germany (58) ....... Alexo Mine, Ont. (97) .................. Anyox, B.C. (II3)...Pa. (89) ..................... x Cranberry Iron Mine, N. C. (78) ........ Cranbrook, B. C. (8o) ....
 
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