- Source: Hessite
Hessite is a mineral form of disilver telluride (Ag2Te). It is a soft, dark grey telluride mineral which forms monoclinic crystals.
It is named after Germain Henri Hess (1802–1850).
Hessite is found in the US in Eagle County, Colorado and in Calaveras County, California and in many other locations.
Stützite (Ag7Te4) and empressite (AgTe) are related silver telluride minerals.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Hessite
- Telluride mineral
- Petzite
- Sulfide mineral
- List of minerals
- Telluric silver
- Volynskite
- Germain Henri Hess
- Telluro-silver glance
- Silver telluride
