Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Cuprospinel occurs naturally in Baie Verte Newfoundland Canada. The mineral was found in an exposed ore dump on the property of Consolidated Rambler Mines Limited near Baie Verte Newfoundland. The mineral was first characterized by Ernest Henry Nickel a mineralogist with the Department of Energy Mines and Resources in Australia in 1973.Cuprospinel is an inverse spinel with the formula CuFe2O4 where copper substitutes some of the iron cations in the structure.