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Altaite & Rickardite

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Altaite & Rickardite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilltop Mine, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Altaite and rickardite are two sulphides containing Te that are often associated, the Altaite belongs to the group of galena and presents the typical stepped cleavage, the rickardite shows a typical iridescent metallic blue hue.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Altaite

Formula: 
PbTe
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Second Zavodinskii Mine (Second Sawodinsk Mine), Zyryanovsk Rayon, Altai Mts (Rudnyi Altai), Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

Rickardite

Formula: 
Cu7Te5
Strunz: 
2.BA.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal Compact Purple masses
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Good Hope Mine (Mammoth Good Hope Mine; Mammoth-Good Hope Mine; Mammoth Chimney Mine), Vulcan, Vulcan District (Cebolla District; Domingo District), Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA

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