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Tellurium

Type Locality
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Description
Locality: 
Mariahilf Mine, Faţa Băii, Zlatna, Alba County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 3.1 × 1.6 cm
Description

This is a very old and rare specimen of nativ tellurium from its type locality.

Tiny grey metallic tellurium crystals in small vugs or intergrown in the quartz matrix.

With a beautiful old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tellurium

Formula: 
Te
Strunz: 
1.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Colour: 
Tin-white
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Mariahilf Mine, Faţa Băii (Facebánya; Facebay; Fatiabaja), Zlatna (Zalatna; Zalathna), Alba Co., Romania