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Coolgardite

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Locality: 
Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

An old name for a telluride, that really is a mixture of Calaverite, Coloradoite, Petzite, Sylvanite. The only locality from it comes is Coolgardie, in Australia, where has been found many other tellurides.
An old stuff with old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Coolgardite

Mixture Of: 

Calaverite

Formula: 
AuTe2
Strunz: 
2.EA.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Coloradoite

Formula: 
HgTe
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0

Petzite

Formula: 
Ag3AuTe2
Strunz: 
2.BA.75
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Sylvanite

Formula: 
(Au,Ag)2Te4
Strunz: 
2.EA.05
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0

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