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MD-201736
Tellurium
Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Miniature, 3.2 x 2.4 x 0.9 cm
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Native tellurium is an uncommon element. The matrix on this old-time specimen is richly covered with lustrous, tin-white tellurium plates and hails from the Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico. Accompanied by an old, faded Ward's label. The collection this came out of was a museum stash dating to prior to World War I.