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Isochalcopyrite, Isocubanite

Mineral:

Isochalcopyrite: Cu8Fe9S16
Isocubanite: CuFe2S3

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.

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