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Sylvanite

Ex. Dr. G. JUNG, Ex. Museum of Natural History in Basel (Switzerland) - 1976
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Description
Locality: 
Baia de Arieş, Alba County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 0.8 × 0.3 cm
Description

Fine specimen with lots of silver-white sylvanite crystals on matrix. This a very good specimen of the silver-gold-tellurium-mineral. The sylvanite crystals reach over an area of 1 centimetre in length.

Specimen from type locality. Good type locality specimens are rarely seen on the market.

The specimen comes from the collection of Dr. G. Jung, who exchanged the specimen from the holdings of the Natural History Museum in Basel (Switzerland) in 1976.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sylvanite

Formula: 
(Au,Ag)2Te4
Strunz: 
2.EA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Baia de Arieş (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania

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