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Rickardite

rickardite

Cu3-ₓTe2

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Overview

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.

Scientific references

  1. Rickardite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2249596 Link
  2. Rickardite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickardite Link