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THE MINERALS
Tellurides - not all confirmed to be found in Cripple Creek.
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Calaverite (AuTe2)
(Named after its type locality is Stanislaus Mine, Carson Hill, Calaveras County, California)
Melonite (NiTe2)
(Named after its type locality is Melones Mine, Carson Hill, Calaveras County, California)
Native Gold (Au)
(Named after German word geld which was derived from Sanskrit word jyal)
Sylvanite (AgAuTe4)
(Name derived from its type locality is Baia de Aries, Transylvania, Hungary)
Roasted Telluride Ore (Au/Te)
(Type locality is Assayers Shop owned by Allison J. Gunn, Cripple Creek , Colorado)
High Grade Gold and Silver Ingot (90% Au and 10% Ag)
(Type locality is Assayers Shop owned by Allison J. Gunn, Cripple Creek , Colorado)
Crucibles used in Melting Ore for Pouring Ingots
(Type locality is Assayers Shop owned by Allison J. Gunn, Cripple Creek , Colorado)
Hessite (Ag2Te) - Photo TBD
(Named after Germain Henri Hess, Swiss chemist working in Russia. Type locality is Nagyag, Romania)
Krennerite [(Au,Ag)Te2]
(Named after Joseph A. Krenner, Hungarian mineralogist in Nagyag, Romania)
Nagyagite [Au(PbSbFe)8(TeS)11] - Photo TBD
(Named after the type locality in Nagyag, Romania)
Petzite (Ag3AuTe2)
(Named after W. Petz, mineralogist in Nagyag, Romania)
Coloradoite (HgTe) - Photo TBD
(Named after type locality in Keystone, Boulder County, Colorado)
Rickardite (Cu7Te5) - Photo TBD
(Named after Thomas Arthur Rickard, mine engineer at type locality at the Good Hope Mine, Vulcan, Gunnison County, Colorado )
Kostovite (AuCuTe4) - Photo TBD
(Named after Ivan Kostov, Professor of Mineralogy, University of Sofia, Bulgaria, Chelopech, Bulgaria)
Empressite (AgTe) - Photo TBD
(Named after the type locality, the Empress Josephine Mine, Kerber Creek, Saguache County, Colorado)
OTHER MINERALS
Pyrite (Fe2S)
(Named after the Greek word pyr (fire) alluding to its spark when struck with steel. From Ajax Mine.)
Coal (C)
(Natural Carbon from Howard Shaft)
Pyrargyrite (Ag3SbS3)
(Named after the Greek word pyr (fire) and argyros (silver) alluding to its red color. From Butterfly Mine, Ophir, Cripple Creek)
Fluorite (CaF2)
(Named after the Latin word fluere (flow) alluding to its fusible nature and use as a flux)
(Named after its type locality is Melones Mine, Carson Hill, Calaveras County, California)
Native Gold (Au)
(Named after German word geld which was derived from Sanskrit word jyal)
Sylvanite (AgAuTe4)
(Name derived from its type locality is Baia de Aries, Transylvania, Hungary)
Roasted Telluride Ore (Au/Te)
(Type locality is Assayers Shop owned by Allison J. Gunn, Cripple Creek , Colorado)
High Grade Gold and Silver Ingot (90% Au and 10% Ag)
(Type locality is Assayers Shop owned by Allison J. Gunn, Cripple Creek , Colorado)
Crucibles used in Melting Ore for Pouring Ingots
(Type locality is Assayers Shop owned by Allison J. Gunn, Cripple Creek , Colorado)
Hessite (Ag2Te) - Photo TBD
(Named after Germain Henri Hess, Swiss chemist working in Russia. Type locality is Nagyag, Romania)
Krennerite [(Au,Ag)Te2]
(Named after Joseph A. Krenner, Hungarian mineralogist in Nagyag, Romania)
Nagyagite [Au(PbSbFe)8(TeS)11] - Photo TBD
(Named after the type locality in Nagyag, Romania)
Petzite (Ag3AuTe2)
(Named after W. Petz, mineralogist in Nagyag, Romania)
Coloradoite (HgTe) - Photo TBD
(Named after type locality in Keystone, Boulder County, Colorado)
Rickardite (Cu7Te5) - Photo TBD
(Named after Thomas Arthur Rickard, mine engineer at type locality at the Good Hope Mine, Vulcan, Gunnison County, Colorado )
Kostovite (AuCuTe4) - Photo TBD
(Named after Ivan Kostov, Professor of Mineralogy, University of Sofia, Bulgaria, Chelopech, Bulgaria)
Empressite (AgTe) - Photo TBD
(Named after the type locality, the Empress Josephine Mine, Kerber Creek, Saguache County, Colorado)
OTHER MINERALS
Pyrite (Fe2S)
(Named after the Greek word pyr (fire) alluding to its spark when struck with steel. From Ajax Mine.)
Coal (C)
(Natural Carbon from Howard Shaft)
Pyrargyrite (Ag3SbS3)
(Named after the Greek word pyr (fire) and argyros (silver) alluding to its red color. From Butterfly Mine, Ophir, Cripple Creek)
Fluorite (CaF2)
(Named after the Latin word fluere (flow) alluding to its fusible nature and use as a flux)
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