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Goldfieldite

Ex Hatfield Goudey (1906 - 1985)
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Description
Locality: 
Goldfield District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Small specimen with good silver metallic goldfieldite crystals and famatinite on matrix.

Old material find by Hatfield Goudey in 1936.

Mounted on pedestal and labeled by Hatfield Goudey (1906 - 1985) - San Mateo, California about 1978.

Hatfield Goudey was one of the first dealers specialized in micromounts. He started this buisness in the 1950s

Detail photos by Joy Desor - Mineralanalytik

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Goldfieldite

Formula: 
Cu10Te4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

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