THE MINERAL EMMONSITE


Emmonsite, which has been known as "durdenite", is one of only a handful of tellurium minerals. It forms small crystals that can make attractive green micromountable specimens. The type locality of Tombstone, Arizona is probably in doubt as the sample is believed to have actually been the mineral rodalquilarite. Subsequent sample from nearby have produced samples of actual emmonsite however.

THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EMMONSITE:

 

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