It was first described in 1815 and type localities include the Mosnap mine in Toke, Telemark, Norway; the Little Mildred mine, Sylvanite District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico and the Boly Field Mine, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia.3
It occurs in low sulfur hydrothermal gold-quartz veins and occurs with native gold, native bismuth, gold tellurides, tetradymite, altaite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite.4
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Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W.; Nichols, Monte C. (2005). "Tellurobismuthite" (PDF). Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineral Data Publishing. Retrieved 22 June 2022. http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/tellurobismuthite.pdf ↩
"Tellurobismuthite". Mindat.org. http://www.mindat.org/show.php?id=3907 ↩