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Sylvanite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Emperor Mine, Viti Levu, Fiji
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.2 × 0.1 cm
Description

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

There are only 11 species (from 5451 known minerals) 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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