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Hessite

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Description
Locality: 
Maratoto Mine, Paeroa, Hauraki, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 16.2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Vein of high grade silver ore from the level 5 of the Silver Queen reef, Maratoto. According to Main [1979] the main silver ore from this vein is hessite [Ag2Te] and occurs together with chalcopyrite.

Mining at Maratoto occurred episodically from 1892 to 1927, although the Silver Queen vein was briefly reopened from 1969 to 1972 to mine silver during which time this sample was collected. Images taken in natural sunlight.

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Hessite

Formula: 
Ag2Te
Strunz: 
2.BA.60
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Koz'modem'yanskii shaft, Second Zavodinskii Mine (Second Sawodinsk Mine), Zyryanovsk Rayon, Altai Mts (Rudnyi Altai), Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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