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Gold & Tetradymite

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Description
Locality: 
Wurten Glacier, Innerfragant, Goldberg Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm
Description

Very good an rich specimen of native gold with grey metallic tetradymite from a classic alpine locality in Austria.

Specimen was collected 1989 and is nowadays very hard to obtain.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Tetradymite

Formula: 
Bi2Te2S
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Župkov, Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia