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Calaverite & Hessite

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Calaverite & Hessite

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Description
Locality: 
Smuggler Mine, Balarat District, Boulder County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

Nice calaverite and hessite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calaverite

Formula: 
AuTe2
Strunz: 
2.EA.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Stanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill District (Melones District), Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

Hessite

Formula: 
Ag2Te
Strunz: 
2.BA.60
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Koz'modem'yanskii shaft, Second Zavodinskii Mine (Second Sawodinsk Mine), Zyryanovsk Rayon, Altai Mts (Rudnyi Altai), Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...