Bukovite
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Bukovite is a rare selenide mineral
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:* athabascaite Cu5Se4* clausthalite PbSe* penroseite Se2* stilleite ZnSe...

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

It was first described in 1971 for an occurrence in the Bukov uranium mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region, Moravia
Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...

, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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. It has also been reported in Skrikerum, near Tryserum, Kalmar, Sweden
Sweden
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; near Vernet-la-Varenne, Puy-de-Dˆome, France
France
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; and Tuminico, Sierra de Cacho, La Rioja Province, Argentina
Argentina
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