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Tellurium

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Description
Locality: 
Mariahilf Mine, Faţa Băii, Zlatna, Alba County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1 × 1.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with nice crystals of tellurium on quartz matrix and embedded in pyrite! The embedded crysatls are very interesting, making for a unique texture on the pyrite crystals. Rare and old material from the type locality for native tellurium. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tellurium

Formula: 
Te
Strunz: 
1.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Colour: 
Tin-white
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Mariahilf Mine, Faţa Băii (Facebánya; Facebay; Fatiabaja), Zlatna (Zalatna; Zalathna), Alba Co., Romania

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