Rickardite
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What is Rickardite?
Rickardite is a telluride mineral, a copper telluride (Cu7Te5) or Cu3-x (x = 0 to 0.36)Te2. It was first described for an occurrence in the Good Hope Mine, Vulcan district, Gunnison County, Colorado, US, and named for mining engineer Thomas Arthur Rickard (1864–1953). It is a low temperature hydrothermal mineral that occurs associated with vulcanite, native tellurium, cameronite, petzite, sylvanite, berthierite, pyrite, arsenopyrite and bornite.
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Quick Facts
Physical Properties
- Color
- Red-violet (fresh), darkens
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 3.5
- Streak
- Red
Chemical Properties
- Chemical Formula
- Cu7Te5
- Elements
- Cu, Te
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