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Formula: PbAu3Cu2Te2
Telluride
Crystal System: Isometric
Specific gravity: 12.7 measured, 14.44 calculated
Hardness: 4½
Streak: Golden brown to brown
Colour: Light brown, rose-brown
Common impurities: Ag,Fe,Se
Environments
Localities
At the Southern Dzhelambet deposit, Shortandy, Akmola, Kazakhstan, bilibinskite occurs in the zone of
weathering of the tellurium deposit, associated with
sylvanite and krennerite
(HOM).
At the type locality, the Aginskoe Au deposit, Central Kamchatka mining district, Bystrinsky District, Kamchatka
Krai, Russia, bilibinskite occurs in the zone of weathering of the
tellurium deposit. Associated minerals
include gold, bogdanovite,
bezsmertnovite,
belyankinite, sylvanite and
krennerite
(HOM, Mindat).
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