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Coloradoite & Petzite

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Description
Locality: 
Hollinger Mine, Tisdale Township, Porcupine, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1 × 1.5 cm
Description

A nice specimen of bright silvery-yellow with white-yellow Petzite.  There may be minor mixed in native Gold, or other Tellurides like Altaite or Hessite. This specimen comes from the famous Hollinger Mine, in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, considered one of the largest Gold mines in history (circa 13.5 million ounces of Gold through production!)

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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

Petzite

Formula: 
Ag3AuTe2
Strunz: 
2.BA.75
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania

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Purchases are expected to be paid within 48 hours, unless prior arrangements have been made (such as bidding on more items).  

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