Description

Good lamellar chalcocite crystals from the Butte deposit in Montana, USA.

Chalcocite is a copper sulfide and one of the principal ores of copper.

Now mostly abandoned, Butte’s silver and copper mines enabled the town to develop and enjoy its “golden age” at the beginning of the 20th century, with Anaconda Copper being the world’s leading copper producer for a decade.

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