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Empressite

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Description
Locality: 
Empress Josephine Mine, Bonanza, Saguache County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 0.9 × 0.5 cm
Description

Metallic crystal group of the rare silver telluride empressite from the type locality in Empress Josephine mine in a little matrix. 

Very rich specimen for this rare species !

Very hard to get specimens from the type locality.

Analyzed by X-Ray diffraction, see copy enclosed.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Empressite

Formula: 
AgTe
Strunz: 
2.CB.80
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Empress Josephine Mine (Empress Josephine and Boss Mammoth Claims), Bonanza, Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA

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