Krennerite

AuTe2

This sample of krennerite is displayed in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Krennerite is a compound of gold and tellurium with the composition AuTe2. The sample is about 8x5 cm and is from Sacaramb, Transylvania, Romania.

Krennerite has the same empirical formula as calaverite, and they are said to be dimorphs of each other.

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