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Specialty Definition: EMPLECTITE

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MiningAn orthorhombic mineral, CuBiS2 ; metallic, grayish to tin-white, acicular to prismatic crystals with longitudinal striations; sp gr, 6.3 to 6.5; associated with chalcopyrite and other sulfides in silver veins or bismuth-rich parts of contact metamorphic deposits; may be confused withbismuthinite. (references)

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