Mineral: Hessite on Quartz
Locality: Botes (Botești), Zlatna, Alba, Transylvania, Romania
Dimensions: 9,0 x 6,0 x 4,0 cm
Description: Main crystal size : 0,7 cm
Group of black-gray crystals which are very sharp for the species, developed on a matrix of white quartz needles. On some hessite crystals one can see gold grains probably resulting from the reduction of the telluride.
MIM number 1622
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu)
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