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. ^ a b http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/cadmoselite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
2. ^ a b 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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