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Coloradoite & Gold

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Coloradoite & Gold

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Description
Locality: 
Bessie G Mine, La Plata District, La Plata County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm
Description

Tiny but definitely crystalline coloradoite perched on minute quartz crystals, associated with several areas of massive coloradoite and gold in bull quartz.  I've had dozens of these over the years, but this is the first I've seen with identifiable crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Coloradoite

Formula: 
HgTe
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Keystone Mine, Magnolia District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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