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Tsumoite & Gold

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Tsumoite & Gold

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Description
Locality: 
Björkdal Mine, Sandfors, Skellefte, Västerbotten County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Black metallic crystals of tsumoite, a bismuth telluride, from one of the best known localities for the mineral, associated to minoritary patches of native gold.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tsumoite

Formula: 
BiTe
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumo mine, Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Gold

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

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