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Sylvanite & Krennerite

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Sylvanite & Krennerite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm
Description

The display face of this miniature, 6.5 cm acoss is amost completely covered with bright silver white krennerite and yellow white sylvanite. The matrix is rich in both rare gold tellurides as well as small blebs of gold, pyrite and possibly hessite. this specimen is from Australia largest gold mine indeed one of the largest gold mines in the world.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sylvanite

Formula: 
(Au,Ag)2Te4
Strunz: 
2.EA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Baia de Arieş (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania

Krennerite

Formula: 
(Au,Ag)Te2
Strunz: 
2.EA.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
Earthstones Australia

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