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Melonite

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Melonite

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Description
Locality: 
Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Analysed Melonite, a new mineral for the Organ mts. embedded in altaite.

The specimen contains also a minimal ammount of Zn-Te-Oxide, which can be either zincospiroffite or a new Te member. It occurs as yellow inclusions/filigrane needles.

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
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Melonite