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Kongsbergite

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Kongsbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

Kongsbergite is the so-called mercurian variety (about 5%) of silver and is rare worldwide. This is a rich, sculptural and mass of finely crystallized kongsbergite from an uncommon for the species German locale - the Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Odenwald, Hesse.

Ex Armin Wendland collection Collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kongsbergite

Variety Of: 

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Formula: 
(Ag,Hg)
Hardness: 
0.0