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Coloradoite With Altaite & Pyrite

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Coloradoite With Altaite & Pyrite

Ex Ring collection, Munich, Germany
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Kockbulak Mine, Okhangaron District, Tashkent Viloyati, Uzbekistan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 4 × 1.3 cm
Weight: 
22.00gr
Description

A rare telluride combination specimen from this unusual and hard-to-get locality, the Kochbulak Au-Ag-Te deposit in Uzbekistan. The specimen features silvery altaite and bronze metallic coloradoite in a pyrite-quartz matrix. Minor gold or other tellurides may be present, further analysis could be worthwile.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Coloradoite

Formula: 
HgTe
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Keystone Mine, Magnolia District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA

Altaite

Formula: 
PbTe
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Second Zavodinskii Mine (Second Sawodinsk Mine), Zyryanovsk Rayon, Altai Mts (Rudnyi Altai), Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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