Isocubanite Mineral Gallery

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Isocubanite: CuFe2S3  
Isochalcopyrite: Cu8Fe9S16

Comments: SEM image of an aggregate of idiomorphic grains of isocubanite (formerly known as isochalcopyrite) associated with minor pyrite.
Location: Submarine sulphide deposits of the East Pacific Rise (EPR) and the Red Sea. Scale: See Image.
© Mineralogical Magazine

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Isocubanite: CuFe2S3  
Isochalcopyrite: Cu8Fe9S16

Comments: Polished section showing isocubanite (formerly isochalcopyrite) with exsolved chalcopyrite infilling and replacing cross-bedded turbiditic hydrothermally altered sandstone.
Location: Unit VI, Deep Copper Zone, Bent Hill Massive Sulfide Deposit, Middle Valley, Northern Juan de Fuca Ridge. Scale: See Image.
© National Resouces of Canada
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