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Altaite

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Altaite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Stanija, Hunedoara County, Romania
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

Very rich an good specimen of blue tarnished altaite in matrix with pyrite.

Altaite from Romania is very hard to obtain. This specimen comes from an old Hungarian collection. With old label.

Weight: 33,5 g

Mineral Data
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Altaite

Formula: 
PbTe
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Second Zavodinskii Mine (Second Sawodinsk Mine), Zyryanovsk Rayon, Altai Mts (Rudnyi Altai), Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...