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Melonite

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Description
Locality: 
Southern Cross Gold Mine, Bulong, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 2.8 × 2.7 cm
Description

Lustrous metallic melonite with minor pyrite in quartz

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melonite

Formula: 
NiTe2
Strunz: 
2.EA.20
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Type Locality: 
Stanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill District (Melones District), Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA