page_title: Tetradymite
hierarchical_section_title: Tetradymite
caption_attribution_description: English: Tetradymite - Glacier Gulch, Smithers, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada. Found in 1934 (45x26mm) Français&#160;: Tetradymite - Glacier Gulch, Smithers, Omenica Mining Division, Colombie Britanique, Canada. Trouvé en 1934 (45x26mm)
context_page_description: Tetradymite is a mineral consisting of bismuth, tellurium and sulfide, Bi₂Te₂S, also known as telluric bismuth. If sulfur is absent the mineral is tellurobismuthite and the formula is then Bi₂Te₃. Traces of selenium are usually present.
  Crystals are rhombohedral, but are rarely distinctly developed; they are twinned together in groups of four; hence the name of the mineral, from the Greek for fourfold. There is a perfect cleavage parallel to the basal plane and the mineral usually occurs in foliated masses of irregular outline. The color is steel-gray, and the luster metallic and brilliant. The mineral is very soft and marks paper. The specific gravity is 7.2 to 7.9.
  The type locality is Zupkov, Stredoslovenský Kraj, Slovak Republic where it was reported in 1831. It was first found, in 1815, at Telemark in Norway. It often occurs in high temperature hydrothermal quartz veins associated with native gold and in contact metamorphic deposits.
context_section_description: Tetradymite is a mineral consisting of bismuth, tellurium and sulfide, Bi₂Te₂S, also known as telluric bismuth. If sulfur is absent the mineral is tellurobismuthite and the formula is then Bi₂Te₃. Traces of selenium are usually present.
  Crystals are rhombohedral, but are rarely distinctly developed; they are twinned together in groups of four; hence the name of the mineral, from the Greek for fourfold. There is a perfect cleavage parallel to the basal plane and the mineral usually occurs in foliated masses of irregular outline. The color is steel-gray, and the luster metallic and brilliant. The mineral is very soft (H = 1.5 - 2) and marks paper. The specific gravity is 7.2 to 7.9.
  The type locality is Zupkov (Zsubko; Schubkau), Stredoslovenský Kraj, Slovak Republic where it was reported in 1831. It was first found, in 1815, at Telemark in Norway. It often occurs in high temperature hydrothermal quartz veins associated with native gold and in contact metamorphic deposits.
caption: Tetradymite - British Columbia, Canada
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