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Tetradymite & Tsumoite

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Tetradymite & Tsumoite

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Description
Locality: 
Tyrnyauz Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm
Description

Grey metallic tetradymite associated with minor tsumoite from the Tyrnyauz Deposit, Russia. SEM-EDS confirmed no 611.

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tetradymite

Formula: 
Bi2Te2S
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Župkov, Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Tsumoite

Formula: 
BiTe
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumo mine, Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Tetradymite & Tsumoite
Analysis Report - only: Tetradymite & Tsumoite
Analysis Report - only: Tetradymite & Tsumoite