Tetradymite (Bi, Te sulfosalt) classic locale

Oravita, Banat Mts, Caras-Severin Co., Romania
Thumbnail, 2.5 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Start Time: 03/16/2009 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/26/2009 8:10:11 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Tetradymite is uncommon bismuth, tellurium sulfosalt and this showy specimen is richly covered with bright, tin-white microcrystals in a quartz matrix. This is CLASSIC, OLD-TIME material from the historic Oravita District of Romania. Comes with an expertly handwritten, faded label from an older collection. The collection this came out of was a museum stash dating to prior to World War I.

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