Mineralpedia Details for Empressite
Empressite
- Formula
- AgTe
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Compact
- Cleavage
- None, None, None
- Luster
- Metallic
- Color
- bronze, light bronze
- Streak
- grayish black
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Brittle - Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 3.5
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Empressite from Rex mine, Boulder Co., Colorado, United States
Light goldish, granular crystals of Empressite skirting silvery, native Tellurium. The Empressite is difficult to see in the photos. The Tellurium occupies much of the matrix and occurs in large 4-6mm flashy silvery crystal grains. Excalibur label.
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