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Coloradoite & Gold

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Description
Locality: 
Bessie G Mine, La Plata District, La Plata County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.5 × 1.6 cm
Description

From an old collection comes this specimen with black metalic coloradoite and dozends of native gold flakes on quartz matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Coloradoite

Formula: 
HgTe
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Keystone Mine, Magnolia District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA

Gold

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