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ID number:  BIRUG 105789
Institution:  The Lapworth Museum of Geology
Named collection:  Zambian Copper Belt
Definition:  Bornite; Chalcopyrite
Object type:  Sulphide
Place collected:  Zambia; Kalulushi; Chambishi Mine
Chronostratigraphy:  Precambrian

Description:  Slab of fine grained grey sediment with a high proportion of crystals of bornite and chalcopyrite on two edges (?cleavage planes). Attached label reads "Specimen Six High grade zone." Attached descriptive list from Roan Consolidated Mines Limited states "6. Typical high grade sulphide from lower levels of ore-body; with a large percentage of coarse bornite especially concentrated on cleavge/SS planes. Still typically green schist argillite."

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