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Mattagamite & Tellurantimony

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Mattagamite & Tellurantimony

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Description
Locality: 
Mattagami Lake Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 3.4 × 0.2 cm
Description

Extremely rare type locality specimen of mattagamite and tellurantimony associated with altaite and other sulphides.  This specimen is in fact a slice of core similar to another one that was analyzed.  The core came from the discovery zone and it was sliced for study.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mattagamite

Formula: 
CoTe2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
Violet
Type Locality: 
Mattagami Lake mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Tellurantimony

Formula: 
Sb2Te3
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Mattagami Lake mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

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