DCHP-3

peacock copper

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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bornite, a copper-iron sulphide with a purplish tarnish, as in peacock feathers.

Quotations

1897
The Michigan claim on Toad mountain is showing up well, some very fine gray copper and peacock copper having been encountered which give promise of good returns.
1912
Once a week I take my little pack outfit up to the Sky-line claim for a load of peacock copper. It runs three hundred dollars to the ton in horn silver, and looks more like jewels than mineral.