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crookesite

[′kru̇k‚sīt]
(mineralogy)
(Cu,Tl,Ag)2Se An important selenium mineral occurring in lead-gray masses and having a metallic appearance.
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Associated minerals are: berzelianite, bellidoite, cadmoseite (mercurian and cuprian), chameanite, crookesite, eskebornite, eucairite, ferroselite, hakite, klockmannite, a luanheite-type phase, trogtalite-krutaite, tiemannite, tyrellite, umangite and uraninite.
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