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Calaverite

#PD32567

Calaverite

#PD32567
Availability
Sold
Size
1 x 2 x 2 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
AuTe2 (RRUFF)
Locality
Cripple Creek dist., Teller Co., Colorado, United States
Tagged
telluride

Rich little piece with long silvery crystals of Calaverite, possibly associated with other rare Tellurides, in purple crystalline Fluorite matrix.

Calaverite

Formula
AuTe2 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Striated, Massive, Crystalline - Fine 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Metallic 
Color
yellow, yellowish white 
Streak
green 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Fracture
Brittle - Conchoidal 
Hardness
2.5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Phillips Collection

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