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Telluronevskite & Vihorlatite

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Telluronevskite & Vihorlatite

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Description
Locality: 
Poruba pod Vihorlatom, Michalovce County, Košice Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

This is a very rich specimen with steel-grey coloured, metallic lustrous telluronevskite & vihorlatite, two very rare Bi-Te selenides. This is the type locality for both species. It is from the Arnaud Gelders collection, with a previous glued serial number (PC-477).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Telluronevskite

Formula: 
Bi3TeSe2
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Poruba pod Vihorlatom, Michalovce Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

Vihorlatite

Formula: 
Bi24Se17Te4
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Poruba pod Vihorlatom, Michalovce Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

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