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Pilsenite

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Pilsenite

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Description
Locality: 
Sylvanite Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 3.4 × 4 cm
Description

Grey metalic grains of pilsenite in quartz matrix with minor silver metalic tsumoite.

Ex Dr. Sid Williams specimen and label. (Globo de Plomo)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pilsenite

Formula: 
Bi4Te3
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Colour: 
Lead-gray
Type Locality: 
Nagybörzsöny (Deutsch Pilsen; Deutschpilsen), Börzsöny Mts, Pest Co., Hungary
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Pilsenite