Tellurantimony

Bright silvery crystal grains embedded in matrix
  
Grey, metallic, foil like cyrstals. Ex. Erling Collection
  
Silvery crystal grains in a large band 1.3cm wide and 2cm long with darker altaite and other sulfides. Ex. Kidwell collection
Origin: Mattagami Lake mine, Matagami, Ontario, Canada (type locality)
Sample size: 4 x 2 x 2 cm (top), 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Pinkish creamy metallic tellurantimony in altaite
Origin: Matagami Lake, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: micromount
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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