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Weishanite

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Description
Locality: 
Keystone Mine, Magnolia, Boulder County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.05 × 0.05 cm
Description

Hexagonal gold metallic weishanite crystal cluster (original analysed sample). Weishanite is a gold-silver amalgam previously known only from two localities. This is the third and these are the by far best crystals I know. 

Please also have a look at the blog section of e-rocks. You will find a detailed report about weishanite there. 

 

 

Magnolite occurs as colurless sprays richly distributed on the specimen.

There is also coloradoite in grey metallic crystals present (picture 2). 

Another phase which is yet not fully approved is ferrotellurite. I was able to measure something very close, but this needs further analytical investigations with XRD. 

Please also have a look at the blog section of e-rocks. You will find a detailed report about weishanite there. 

In the analysis section the 1-3 file shows the analytical work on weishanite. 

The picture 4 shows the analysis of the magnolite and number 5 the analysis of coloradoite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Weishanite

Formula: 
(Au,Ag)3Hg2
Strunz: 
1.AD.20a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Poshan Mine, Weishancheng ore field, Tongbai Co., Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province, China

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Germany: 4 $ (< 500 gr)
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International: 5.50$ (< 500 gr)
$5.50