A rare copper-based mineral belonging to the silicate group.
Named after a scientist or location in mineralogy + -ite suffix; follows standard nomenclature for classification of newly identified minerals.
Copper minerals come in wildly different colors—blue, green, red, black—and each color tells you about different conditions where the mineral formed, making them basically geological fingerprints of their environment.
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