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Melonite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Cresson Mine, Eclipse Gulch, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.2 × 0.1 cm
Description

Melonite is a rare nickel telluride.A nice crystallized flake of melonite with minor native gold.Rarely available - from a find in the 1920s.#5

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melonite

Formula: 
NiTe2
Strunz: 
2.EA.20
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Type Locality: 
Stanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill District (Melones District), Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA