Chalcopyrite
A brass-yellow copper-iron sulfide, the most widespread copper ore.
Composition
CuFeS2; tetragonal; 34.6% Cu.
Sources
In the atlas
- Hongshan-Hongniu China
- Mikheevskoe Russia
- Northparkes Australia
- Grasberg Indonesia
- Norilsk-Talnakh Russia
- Central African Copperbelt (whole province) DR Congo and Zambia
- Bushveld, Merensky Reef South Africa
- Bushveld, UG2 chromitite South Africa
- Khetri Copper Belt, Madan Kudan and Kolihan India
- Singhbhum Copper Belt India
- Malanjkhand India
- Rajpura-Dariba India
- Olympic Dam Australia
- Batu Hijau Indonesia
- Jinchuan China
- Pechenga Russia
- Black Forest hydrothermal veins Germany
- Pebble United States