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Native Gold & Tetradymite

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Native Gold & Tetradymite

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Description
Locality: 
Hochwurtenspeicher, Wurten, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.15cm
Description

An excellent piece with native gold together with tetradymite in quartz. With the size of 1.5mm the gold aggregate is very well visible to the naked eye and represents together with the tetradymite the classic paragenesis of the locality.

Item No. 119/23

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Tetradymite

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