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Melonite: Mineral information, data and localities.
After the type locality - the Melones Mine, Calaveras County, California.
Melonite-Merenskyite Series. The Te2 analogue of ognitite.
May incorporate Bi, with the limit at <0.5 Bi apfu, as observed for natural (Kingash and Kuskanak complexes) and synthetic materials (Barkov et al., 2017).
Co-rich Melonite A variety of melonite with up to 9.4% (w/w) of cobalt and a Ni:Co molar ratio of close to 50:50.
Gold 12 photos of Melonite associated with Gold on mindat.org.
Quartz 7 photos of Melonite associated with Quartz on mindat.org.
Pyrite 3 photos of Melonite associated with Pyrite on mindat.org.
Calaverite 1 photo of Melonite associated with Calaverite on mindat.org.
Pentlandite 1 photo of Melonite associated with Pentlandite on mindat.org.
Sylvanite 1 photo of Melonite associated with Sylvanite on mindat.org.
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