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OCR: Bornite Bornite Fact Sheet Color Reddish -brown bluish- purple Found in Montana (U.S.A Germany Namibia South Africa, England Descrip tion This mineral is reddish-brown until exposure ta air tarrishes it giving the surface bluish-purple iridescence. Origin of ram: This mineral WAS named after Austrian mineralogist Ignaz von Borm Uses Bormite is copper iron sulfide, an important copper aa An ore is a mineral that is refined to praduce: metal or other valuable ma terial. Did you krow Borrite is some- times known as "peacock aa tarnishes minere alogist