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Bohdanowiczite Goldfieldite Calaverite & Native Gold

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Bohdanowiczite Goldfieldite Calaverite & Native Gold

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Description
Locality: 
May Day Mine, La Plata County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.2 cm
Description

 

A polished section with bohdanowiczite, gold, calaverite and goldfieldite.

This material was SEM-EDS analysed. Very rare!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bohdanowiczite

Formula: 
AgBiSe2
Strunz: 
2.JA.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Kletno, Kłodzko District, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

Goldfieldite

Formula: 
Cu10Te4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

Calaverite

Formula: 
AuTe2
Strunz: 
2.EA.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
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

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Bohdanowiczite Goldfieldite Calaverite & Native Gold