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Krennerite & Sylvanite

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Krennerite & Sylvanite

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Description
Locality: 
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

A specimen rich in the silver white gold tellurides krennerite and sylvannite in a reef quartz matrix. There is also a fair amount of gold blebs mixed with some pyritic seams in the matrix. Old time specimen from the Lees collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Krennerite

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

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
Earthstones Australia

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