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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
