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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 417748" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>I doubt that - sylvanite is so soft you can scrape it with your fingernail and extremely heavy. It is quite rare and being a gold mineral, valuable. There is a flame test for it, but if it were sylvanite you would need to be careful as tellurium is very toxic. It is highly improbable. It is not cheap to test anything, whether chemically or mineralogically (eg XRD) - you need a mineralogist friend. Or try the museum....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 417748, member: 4386"] I doubt that - sylvanite is so soft you can scrape it with your fingernail and extremely heavy. It is quite rare and being a gold mineral, valuable. There is a flame test for it, but if it were sylvanite you would need to be careful as tellurium is very toxic. It is highly improbable. It is not cheap to test anything, whether chemically or mineralogically (eg XRD) - you need a mineralogist friend. Or try the museum.... [/QUOTE]
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