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Bornite from
Besshi mine (Bessi mine), Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Besshi mine (Bessi mine), Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:259803
Long-form Identifier:1:3:259803:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘIkadazu deposit, Tosa District, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘIkadazu mine (Ikadatsu mine), Ikadazu, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
14.9km (9.2 miles) ⓘShirataki Mine, Okawa-mura, Tosa District, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘSazare mine, Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
46.2km (28.7 miles) ⓘMinawa mine, Miyoshi City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
71.6km (44.5 miles) ⓘOhkuki mine (Okuki deposit), Kita District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
86.1km (53.5 miles) ⓘKotsu mine (Takakoshi mine; Kotu mine), Miyama-mura, Yamakawa-cho, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
References
Masutomi Museum specimen (Kyoto)
加瀬克雄. (1977). Sulfide minerals and their assemblages of the Besshi deposit. Studies on sulfide minerals in metamorphosed ores of the Besshi and Hitachi copper deposits. 1. 鉱山地質, 27(146), 355-365.
 
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