Athabascaite, Krut'aite

Specimen ID: KAH-ACF

Mineral(s)
Athabascaite : Cu5Se4
Krut'aite : CuSe2
Locality
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Reflected light digital image in plane polarized light of fine-grained athabascaite (bluish), which shows a network of shrinking cracks penetrates krut'aite-penroseite solid solution aggregate (athabascaite identified by microprobe analysis). For further explanations see reference: Origin of the El Dragón Selenium Mineralization, Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia. Günter Grundmann and Hans-Jürgen Förster, published in: Minerals 2017, 7, 68; doi:10.3390/min7050068 G. Grundmann collection and photo.
Dr. Günter Grundmann - 19th March 2018
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