Weissite

Weissite

Weissite is a mineral consisting of copper telluride (Cu2-xTe). Weissite has hexagonal crystal structure. Its specific gravity is 6 and its Mohs hardness is 3. Occurrence is in Gunnison County, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. It is also reported from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and Dalarna and Värmland, Sweden.

ee also

*Rickardite

References

* D. M. Chizhikov and V. P. Shchastlivyi, 1966, "Tellurium and Tellurides", Nauka Publishing, Moscow

External links

* [http://www.mindat.org/min-4263.html Mindat entry]
* [http://webmineral.com/data/Weissite.shtml Webmineral]


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