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Melonite Calaverite & Gold

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Melonite Calaverite & Gold

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Description
Locality: 
Ajax Mine, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.05cm
Description

Crystals of Melonite and Calaverite up to 0.5 mm in parageneses of some native Gold on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melonite

Formula: 
NiTe2
Strunz: 
2.EA.20
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
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

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

Gold

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

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