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Melonite

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Melonite

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Description
Locality: 
Zod Mine, Vardenis, Gegharkunik Province, Armenia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm
Description

Bronze metallic melonite from Zod, Sevan lake, Armenia on quartz. 

Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melonite

Formula: 
NiTe2
Strunz: 
2.EA.20
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Type Locality: 
Stanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill District (Melones District), Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA