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Calaverite (Calaverit)

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Calaverit
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Calaverit
Bildbreite: 2 mm; Fundort: Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: USA/Colorado/Teller Co./Cripple Creek District/Cripple Creek
Mineral: Calaverite
Image: 1399877380
Rating: 6.5 (votes: 2)
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Calaverit

Bildbreite: 2 mm; Fundort: Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2014-05-12
Locality: Cripple Creek / Cripple Creek District / Teller Co. / Colorado / USA
Calaverit
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Calaverit
Größe: 66x55x22 mm; Fundort: Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Colorado/Teller Co./Cripple Creek District/Cripple Creek
Mineral: Calaverite
Image: 1228247650
Rating: 7 (votes: 1)
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Calaverit

Größe: 66x55x22 mm; Fundort: Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2008-12-02
Locality: Cripple Creek / Cripple Creek District / Teller Co. / Colorado / USA
Calaverit
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Calaverit
Größe: 96x56x39 mm; Fundort: Doctor Mine, Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Colorado/Teller Co./Cripple Creek District/Doctor Mine (Jackpot Mine)
Mineral: Calaverite
Image: 1277844830
Rating: 7 (votes: 1)
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Calaverit

Größe: 96x56x39 mm; Fundort: Doctor Mine, Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2010-06-29
Locality: Doctor Mine (Jackpot Mine) / Cripple Creek District / Teller Co. / Colorado / USA
Calaverit x
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Calaverit x
Bb etwa 1,5 mm , Fundort: Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Copyright: derhesse; Contribution: derhesse
Collection: derhesse
Location: USA/Colorado/Teller Co./Cripple Creek District/Cripple Creek
Mineral: Calaverite
Image: 1427655608
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Calaverit x

Bb etwa 1,5 mm , Fundort: Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Collection: derhesse
Copyright: derhesse
Contribution: derhesse 2015-03-29
Locality: Cripple Creek / Cripple Creek District / Teller Co. / Colorado / USA
Calaverit mit Fluorit
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Calaverit mit Fluorit
Größe: 37x27x26 mm; Fundort: Dr. Jackpot Mine, Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Colorado/Teller Co./Cripple Creek District/Doctor Mine (Jackpot Mine)
Mineral: Calaverite, Fluorite
Image: 1228247877
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Calaverit mit Fluorit

Größe: 37x27x26 mm; Fundort: Dr. Jackpot Mine, Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2008-12-02
Locality: Doctor Mine (Jackpot Mine) / Cripple Creek District / Teller Co. / Colorado / USA

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Collectors Summary

Color gelblichweiß-met.
Streak color gelblichgrau
Hardness (Mohs) 2.5 - 3
Solubility +++ heiße konz. H2SO4, Königswasser, normale Reinigung ist sicher
Crystal System monoklin, C2/m
Morphology Oft idiomorph; auch derb und körnig.

Chemism

Chemical formula

AuTe2

Chemical composition

Gold, Tellur

Unit weight: 452.172552 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 3

Info

Empirical formula:

AuTe2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Tellurium

Te

56.44

2

66.67

127.6030000

255.2060000
Gold

Au

43.56

1

33.33

196.9665520

196.9665520

Analysis wt%

Au : 39.36, Pb : 5.20, Te : 54.32 (Ref: American Mineralogist 49)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.EA.10

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
E: Metallsulfide mit M:S >= 1:2
A: M:S = 1:2, mit Cu, Ag, Au; Ni, Sn, PGE, Mo, W
10:Calaverit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/D.16-040

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
D: Sulfide mit Metall : S,Se,Te < 1:1
16: Telluride mit Kupfer, Silber, Gold

Classification by Hölzel

2.EA.150

2: SULFIDES
E: Me/S=1/2 (also < 1/2)
A: Me/S=1/2 with Cu,Ag,Au, etc.
1: Sylvanite-Group

Dana 8th edition

02.12.13.02

02: Sulfide Minerals
12: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:2
13: Krennerite Group

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

gelblichweiß-met.

Streak color

gelblichgrau

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak

Optical Data Luminescence

Luminescence

keine Fluoreszenz bekannt

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

12

Space Group

C2/m

Cell parameters a (Å)

7.195

Cell parameters b (Å)

4.415

Cell parameters c (Å)

5.070

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.630

Cell parameters c/b

1.148

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90.3

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

161.051

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.01(100),
2.92(30),
2.19(40),
2.09(80),
1.754(30),
1.685(30),
1.195(40),
0.888(40)
XRD chart Calaverite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Morphology

Oft idiomorph; auch derb und körnig.

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2.5 - 3

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

205 (100g)

Density (g/cm³)

9.04

9.324 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ heiße konz. H2SO4, Königswasser, normale Reinigung ist sicher

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/Kalifornien (California)/Calaveras Co./Angels Camp/Carson Hill/Stanislaus Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Genth, 1868

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 1 (1990), 77

Other languages

German

Calaverit

Spanish

Calaverita

English

Calaverite

French

Calaverite

Russian

Калаверит

Simplified Chinese

碲金矿

Alternative Name

Japanese

カラヴェラス鉱

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Clv

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) anPFtP0pyEG6-TrKTL328w
GUID (Global unique identifier) B4C5736A-29FD-41C8-BAF9-3ACA4CBDF6F3
Database ID 555