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cubanite

sulfide mineral
Class type of: cubanite group, sulfide class of minerals Q424923

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
cubanite group, sulfide class of minerals[4][5]
Chemical formula
CuFe₂S₃[3]
Crystal system
orthorhombic crystal system[7]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Cbn[15]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G)[8]
Mohs' hardness
+3.5[14]
Named after
Cuba[2]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
2.CB.55a[13]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
2.CB.55[12]
Point group
orthorhombic-bipyramidal[9]
Space group
space group 62[10]
Streak color
black[6]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
II/B.08[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en cubanite cs kubanit cs chalmersit cs kuban de Chalmersit de Cubanit de Barracanit el Κουβανίτης es Cubanita es Barracanita es Chalmersita fr Barracanite fr Chalcopyrrhotite fr Chalmersite fr CuFe2S3 he קובניט ja キューバ鉱 nl Cubaniet ru кубанит uk Кубаніт
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Cubanite-163273.jpg ↗
COD ID
9001495
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/cubanite
Freebase ID
/m/04zw0tc
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
cubanitt
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2118065
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
kubanit-4312e7
KBpedia ID
Cubanite
Kivid.info ID
1408
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778189206
Mindat mineral ID
14k (1.2k–14k, n=3)
Römpp online ID
RD-03-02883

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🔗 Connections
Crystal system 1
orthorhombic crystal system
Named after 1
Cuba
Named after 1
isocubanite
Streak color 1
black
Subclass of 1
sulfide class of minerals
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Summary

cubanite is a mineral species[1].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for cubanite include isocubanite[16], a mineral species[17].

Why It Matters

Entities named for cubanite include isocubanite[16], a mineral species[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mohs' hardness → {'amount': '+3.5'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Mohs' hardness: 3.5, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270249|batch #270249]]"
  2. 10w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point group → orthorhombic-bipyramidal
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Point group: orthorhombic-bipyramidal, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269343|batch #269343]]"
  3. 11w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Crystal system → orthorhombic crystal system
    Named after → —
    Subclass of → —
    Streak color → black
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ COD ID: 9001495, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269099|batch #269099]]"
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