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Empressite

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Description
Locality: 
Cochise County Manganese deposits, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

Empressite is a Ag Te bearing mineral, which occurs as silver greay metallic inclusions in quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Empressite

Formula: 
AgTe
Strunz: 
2.CB.80
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Empress Josephine Mine (Empress Josephine and Boss Mammoth Claims), Bonanza, Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA