frohbergite
Sign in to saveFrohbergite (, title by proper name: Max Hans Frohberg), also iron telluride is a rare hydrothermal mineral from the sulfide class, in composition — iron telluride with the ideal formula FeTe2 (contains 82.05% tellurium and 17.95% iron).
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- chemical formula
- FeTe₂
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.EB.10a
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.EB.10a
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Frb
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- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/C.07
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Frohbergite (, title by proper name: Max Hans Frohberg), also iron telluride is a rare hydrothermal mineral from the sulfide class, in composition — iron telluride with the ideal formula FeTe2 (contains 82.05% tellurium and 17.95% iron).
Frohbergite occurs in tellurium-rich veins of hydrothermal deposits, sometimes as a thin rim on the periphery of chalcopyrite or as inclusions in native gold, petzite or chalcopyrite. It belongs to the marcasite group and forms a mineral line with mattagamite. Frohbergite most often occurs as fine-grained aggregates.