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Petzite & Coloradoite

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Petzite & Coloradoite

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Description
Locality: 
Golden Sunlight Mine, Whitehall, Jefferson County, Montana, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 5.2 × 3.3 cm
Description

Metalic grains of petzite with black coloradoite very rich in matrix.

Microprobed specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Petzite

Formula: 
Ag3AuTe2
Strunz: 
2.BA.75
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania

Coloradoite

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