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chalcopyrite

Copper iron sulphide mineral, CuFeS2, the most common ore of copper. It is brassy yellow in colour and may have an iridescent surface tarnish. It occurs in many different types of mineral vein, in rocks ranging from basalt to limestone.



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Carrollite was deposited early in the paragenetic sequence of the varied ore minerals present in the bornite pods, and it exhibits an especially interesting variety of replacement textures with respect to the subsequently deposited chalcopyrite and bornite.
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The book is concerned with the theoretical principles of hydrometallurgical processes and engineering aspects and also discusses the hydrometallurgical processes of production of copper on the example of leaching of chalcopyrite as the main sulphide mineral of copper processed in industry.
 
 
 
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