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Hessite

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Hessite

P-XRD analysed

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Description
Locality: 
Second Zavodinskii Mine, Zyryanovsk, Altai, Eastern Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

P-XRD confirmed hessite in capsula from the type locality of altaite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hessite

Formula: 
Ag2Te
Strunz: 
2.BA.60
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Koz'modem'yanskii shaft, Second Zavodinskii Mine (Second Sawodinsk Mine), Zyryanovsk Rayon, Altai Mts (Rudnyi Altai), Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Hessite