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Sylvanite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Emperor Mine, Viti Levu, Fiji
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

Outstanding crystal group of sylvanite from this remote but already classic locality in Fiji islands that produces a paragenesis of tellurium minerals.

The specimen has one perfect crystal ! (see first photo ).

There are only 11 species (from more than 5000) that contain at the same time Gold and Silver in the composition. This mineral is one of them !.

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

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