File:Native gold-calaverite-coloradoite (Kalgoorlie Mining District, Western Australia) (16584308663).jpg

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Native gold-calaverite-coloradoite from Australia. (CSM 54515, Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, Golden, Colorado, USA)

The highly lustrous rock shown above has 3 metallic-lustered minerals in what appears to be quartz. The gold-colored minerals are native gold (Au) and calaverite (AuTe2 - gold telluride). The silver-colored mineral is coloradoite (HgTe - mercury telluride).

Locality: Kalgoorlie Mining District, Western Australia
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Source Native gold-calaverite-coloradoite (Kalgoorlie Mining District, Western Australia)
Author James St. John

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