cubanite, a copper and iron sulfide mineral (CuFe2S3) that characteristically occurs with chalcopyrite or pyrrhotite in deposits formed at high temperatures, as in Barracanao, Cuba; Sudbury, Ont., Can.; and Fierro, N.M., U.S. The mineral forms opaque, brassy or bronze-yellow crystals that belong to the orthorhombic system. For detailed physical properties, see sulfide mineral (table).