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Mindat Short Description

Closely related to calaverite.

See also sylvanite. Maximal contents of silver in krennerite are 5-7 wt.%.

Krennerite, Sylvanite, and Calaverite can be easily distinguished by their cleavage or its absence. Krennerite has a perfect cleavage on {00...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

vom Rath G (1877) Ueber eine neue krystallisirte Tellurgold-Verbindung, den Bunsenin Krenner's. Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie 1, 614-617 Chemical formula revised from (Au,Ag)Te₂: Dye M D, Smyth JR (2012) The crystal structure and genesis of krennerite, Au₃AgTe₈, The Canadian Mineralogist 50, 119-127

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Au₃AgTe₈

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Au₃AgTe₈

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/krennerite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Krennerite.shtml