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Sylvanite

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Sylvanite

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Description
Locality: 
Horne Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm
Description

Rich specimen of sylvanite associated with chalcopyrite and pyrite in quartz matrix from this old major Canadian mine which produced over 260 tonnes of gold.  Ex-Ecole Polytechnique (University of Montreal) specimen (label) acquired in September 1964 from J.W. Bancroft.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sylvanite

Formula: 
(Au,Ag)2Te4
Strunz: 
2.EA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Baia de Arieş (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania

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