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Matildite

Ex coll. Henry Allen Mitchell, Gatlinburg

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Description
Locality: 
Montezuma Area, Summit County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Grey metallic matildite crystals on quartz.

The exact locality is the Sullivan Mt. in the Montezuma Area.

I obtained this specimen, with the original painted collection number, in May 1979 from Henry Allen Mitchel, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Please note his biography in the Mineralogical Record label archive.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Matildite

Formula: 
AgBiS2
Strunz: 
2.JA.20
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Matilda Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru

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