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Melonite

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Description
Locality: 
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

Parallel shiny melonite fragments in pyrite matrix. 

Rare mineral from a systematic collection. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melonite

Formula: 
NiTe2
Strunz: 
2.EA.20
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
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