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Acanthite With Native Silver

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Acanthite With Native Silver

ex coll. Wittig
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Description
Locality: 
Horn Silver Mine, Frisco, Beaver County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 5 × 1.7 cm
Description

Very rarely seen acanthite (micro-crystals!) with native silver from the Horn Silver Mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Acanthite

Formula: 
Ag2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
lead grey
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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