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Stützite Empressite & Tsumoite

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Stützite Empressite & Tsumoite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Zhana-Tyube, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0 × 0 × 0 cm
Description

You are bidding on a fully analyzed polished probe with rare stutzite, empressite and tsumoite in matrix with altaite and other minerals. Comes with complete analysis (see analysis tab above) and the resin bearer measures 2.5cm for scale. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stützite

Formula: 
Ag5-xTe3, x = 0.24-0.36
Strunz: 
2.BA.65
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania

Empressite

Formula: 
AgTe
Strunz: 
2.CB.80
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Empress Josephine Mine (Empress Josephine and Boss Mammoth Claims), Bonanza, Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado, USA

Tsumoite

Formula: 
BiTe
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumo mine, Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Stützite Empressite & Tsumoite
Analysis Report - only: Stützite Empressite & Tsumoite

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