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Rucklidgeite & Gold

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Rucklidgeite & Gold

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Harrison Gold Mine, Bear Mountain, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Black metallic crystals of the very rare Pb-Bi-Te mineral rucklidgeite associated to native gold on a contrasting white matrix.

Rucklidgeite crystals are rarely seen in the mineral market.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rucklidgeite

Formula: 
(Bi,Pb)3Te4
Strunz: 
2.GC.40c
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Lead-gray
Type Locality: 
Robb-Montbray Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Gold

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

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