Bukovite is a rare

selenide mineral Selenide minerals are those minerals that have the selenide anion as a main component. Selenides are similar to sulfides and often grouped with them. Examples include: * achavalite * athabascaite * clausthalite * ferroselite * penroseite * ...

with formula Tl₂Cu₃FeSe₄. It is a brown to black metallic mineral which crystallizes in the

tetragonal In crystallography, the tetragonal crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems. Tetragonal crystal lattices result from stretching a cubic lattice along one of its lattice vectors, so that the cube becomes a rectangular prism with a squar ...

system. It was first described in 1971 for an occurrence in the Bukov uranium mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region,

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. It has also been reported in Skrikerum, near Tryserum, Kalmar, Sweden; near Vernet-la-Varenne, Puy-de-Dôme,

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; and Tuminico, Sierra de Cacho, La Rioja Province,

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