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Coloradoite & Native Gold

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Coloradoite & Native Gold

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Description
Locality: 
Bessie G Mine, La Plata District, La Plata County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Bronze-brassy metallic coloradoite with native gold on quartz matrix Bessie G mine, La Plata, CO, USA. 

 

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