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Calaverite

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Description
Locality: 
Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Parallel growths of tabular bright calaverite crystals with clear growth striations, on a matrix of quartz, calcite and partially covered by chalcedony.

Ex. Luc Verfaillie collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calaverite

Formula: 
AuTe2
Strunz: 
2.EA.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
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

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