Empressite is a mineral form of silver telluride, sometimes given as AgTe it is more accurately represented as Ag5-xTe3. Minerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. ... Silver telluride (Ag2Te) is a chemical compound, a telluride of silver, also known as disilver telluride or silver(I) telluride. ...
It is a rare, grey, hexagonal crystal with which can form aggregates of bipyrimidal crystals. Twins do not form. Density 7600 kg.m-3.
The name empressite comes from the location of its discovery – the Empress Josephine mine, Saguache County, Colorado, USA. Saguache County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. ...
Empressite, AgTe, from the Empress-Josephine mine, Colorado, U.S.A.: Composition, physical properties, and determination of the crystal structure -- Bindi et al.
Empressite, AgTe, from the Empress-Josephine mine, Colorado, U.S.A.: Composition, physical properties, and determination of the crystal structure
Empressite is greyish white in color, with strong bireflectance
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