Cadmoselite

Cadmoselite is a rare cadmium selenide mineral with chemical formula CdSe. Cadmoselite crystallizes in the hexagonal system and occurs as black to pale grey opaque crystals and grains.[1][2]

It was first described in 1957 for an occurrence in Tuva. The mineral occurs as interstitial grains in sandstone formed under reducing alkaline diagenetic conditions.[1][2]

References
  1. http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/cadmoselite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
  2. http://webmineral.com/data/Cadmoselite.shtml Webmineral data
  • Emsley, John. Nature's Building Blocks. Oxford, 2001. ISBN 0-19-850341-5
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