Facts
- Symbol
- Te
- Atomic number
- 52
- Atomic mass
- 127.6 u
- Minerals
- 206
- Period
- 5
- Group
- 16
- Block
- p
- Melting point
- 842 °C
- Boiling point
- 1,814 °C
- Discovered
- 1783
Sources: Wikidata (CC0), IMA list of minerals via Wikidata · Wikidata Q1100
Minerals containing this element · 206
| Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system | Mohs hardness | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agaite | Pb₃Cu²⁺Te⁶⁺O₅(OH)₂(CO₃) | Orthorhombic | — | — |
| Alburnite | Ag₈GeTe₂S₄ | Cubic | — | — |
| Aleksite | PbBi₂Te₂S₂ | Trigonal | 2.0 | — |
| Altaite | PbTe | Cubic | — | 7.94 g/cm³ |
| Andychristyite | PbCu²⁺Te₆+O₅(H₂O) | Triclinic | — | — |
| Andymcdonaldite | Fe₂TeO₆ | Tetragonal | — | 6.39 g/cm³ |
| Arsenoústalečite | (Cu₄Cu₂)(Cu₄Cu⁺₂)(As₂Te₂)Se₁₂Se | Cubic | — | — |
| Backite | Pb₂AlTeO₆Cl | Trigonal | — | — |
| Bairdite | Pb₂Cu²⁺₄Te⁶⁺₂O₁₀(OH)₂(SO₄)·H₂O | Monoclinic | — | — |
| Baksanite | Bi₆Te₂S₃ | — | — | — |
| Balyakinite | Cu²⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃) | Orthorhombic | 3.0 | — |
| Bambollaite | Cu(Se,Te)₂ | — | — | — |
| Benleonardite | Ag₁₅Cu(Sb,As)₂S₇Te₄ | — | — | — |
| Bilibinskite | Au₃Cu₂Pb·nTeO₂ | Cubic | 4.5 | — |
| Blakeite | Fe³⁺₂[Te⁴⁺O₃]₃ (?) | — | — | — |
| Bodieite | Bi₂(TeO₃)₂(SO₄) | Monoclinic | — | — |
| Boevskite | Pb₄(TeO₃)₂(SO₄)(S₂O₃) | Orthorhombic | — | — |
| Borovskite | Pd₃SbTe₄ | — | — | — |
| Brumadoite | Cu₃(Te⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄·5H₂O | Monoclinic | — | — |
| Buckhornite | (Pb₂BiS₃)(AuTe₂) | Orthorhombic | — | — |
| Burckhardtite | Pb₂(Fe³⁺Te⁶⁺)(AlSi₃O₈)O₆ | — | — | — |
| Calaverite | AuTe₂ | Monoclinic | — | 8.86 g/cm³ |
| Cameronite | Cu₅₋ₓ (Cu,Ag)₃₊ₓTe₁₀(with x=0.43) | Tetragonal | — | — |
| Carlfriesite | CaTe⁴⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₈ | — | — | — |
| Cervelleite | Ag₄TeS | — | — | — |
| Cesbronite | Cu₃Te⁶⁺O₄(OH)₄ | Orthorhombic | 3.0 | — |
| Chekhovichite | Bi₂Te₄+₄O₁₁ | — | — | — |
| Chenguodaite | Ag₉FeTe₂S₄ | Orthorhombic | — | — |
| Chenzhangruite | MnFe²⁺Te⁴⁺₄O₁₀ | Tetragonal | — | — |
| Cheremnykhite | Pb₃Zn₃(VO₄)₂(TeO₆) | Orthorhombic | — | 5.99 g/cm³ |
| Chiluite | Bi₃Te⁶⁺Mo⁶⁺O₁₀.₅ | Hexagonal | — | — |
| Choloalite | (Cu,Sb)₃(Pb,Ca)₃(TeO₃)₆Cl | — | — | — |
| Chorążewiczite | Pb₂Fe³⁺(Te⁶⁺O₆)(HCO₃) | Trigonal | — | — |
| Chromschieffelinite | Pb₁₀Te⁶⁺₆O₂₀(OH)₁₄(CrO₄)(H₂O)₅ | Orthorhombic | — | — |
| Cliffordite | UTe⁴⁺₃O₉ | — | — | — |
| Clogauite | PbBi₄Te₄S₃ | Trigonal | — | — |
| Coloradoite | HgTe | Cubic | — | 7.65 g/cm³ |
| Cuzticite | Fe³⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₆·3H₂O | Hexagonal | — | — |
| Dagenaisite | Zn₃Te⁶⁺O₆ | — | — | — |
| Debattistiite | Ag₉Hg₀.₅As₆S₁₂Te₂ | Triclinic | — | — |
| Denningite | CaMn²⁺Te⁴⁺₄O₁₀ | — | — | — |
| Dugganite | Pb₃Zn₃(TeO₆)(AsO₄)₂ | Trigonal | 3.0 | 6.58 g/cm³ |
| Dulanggouite | Bi₆Te₃ | Trigonal | — | — |
| Eckhardite | (Ca,Pb)CuTeO₅(H₂O) | Monoclinic | — | — |
| Ehrigite | Bi₈Te₃ | Trigonal | — | — |
| Emmonsite | Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·2H₂O | — | 5.0 | — |
| Empressite | AgTe | Orthorhombic | — | — |
| Eurekadumpite | (Cu,Zn)₁₆(Te⁴⁺O₃)₂(AsO₄)₃Cl(OH)₁₈·7H₂O | Monoclinic | — | — |
| Eztlite | Pb²⁺₂Fe³⁺₃(Te₄+ O₃)₃(SO₄)O₂Cl | Monoclinic | — | — |
| Fairbankite | Pb(TeO₃) | Monoclinic | — | 7.23 g/cm³ |
| Fengruiite | [Ag₆Sb₂S₇][Ag₉CuS₂Te₂] | Trigonal | — | — |
| Ferrotellurite | Fe(Te⁶⁺O₄) (?) | — | — | — |
| Frankhawthorneite | Cu₂Te⁶⁺O₄(OH)₂ | Monoclinic | — | — |
| Frohbergite | FeTe₂ | Orthorhombic | — | 8.14 g/cm³ |
| Fuettererite | Pb₃Cu²⁺₆Te⁶⁺O₆(OH)₇Cl₅ | Trigonal | — | — |
| Gaotaiite | Ir₃Te₈ | Cubic | — | — |
| Goldfieldite | (Cu₄☐₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃ | — | — | — |
| Hedleyite | Bi₇Te₃ | Trigonal | — | — |
| Henryite | Cu₄Ag₃Te₄ | Cubic | — | — |
| Hessite | Ag₂Te | Monoclinic | — | 8.25 g/cm³ |