Mineral: Covellite
Locality: East Colusa Mine, (Berkeley Pit), Butte, Butte District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Dimensions: 4.8 x 6.9 cm

Description: Crystallized mass of bladed irridescent blue and purple covellite with a small amount of pyrite and quartz. The East Colusa Mine, the Leonard Mine, and several other's were consumed by Anaconda's Berkeley Pit shown in the next image.

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