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Pyrargyrite & Stephanite

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Pyrargyrite & Stephanite

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Description
Locality: 
Brahmaputra Vein, Shaft 366, Alberoda, Schlema-Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

This is a fantastic and historic specimen from the very famous Brahmaputra vein of shaft 366 at Schlema-Alberoda, Erzgebirge, Germany.

Sharp and lustrous stephanite crystals on top of pyrargyrite crystals with minor dolomite.

The specimen was acquired in February 1992 and comes with an old file card with very detailed information from the previous owner.

Beautiful and rare old time specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrargyrite

Formula: 
Ag3SbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal
Hardness: 
2.5

Stephanite

Formula: 
Ag5SbS4
Strunz: 
2.GB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Pyramidal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany