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Argentopyrite & Argentite

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Argentopyrite & Argentite

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Description
Locality: 
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2 × 0.7 cm
Description

A perfect sample completely consisting of argentopyrite with plenty of elongated prismatic strongly striated golden metallic lustrous crystals of argentopyrite with minor argentite and pyrargyrite.  Rare in this high quality and size.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Argentopyrite

Formula: 
AgFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.65
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
Grey.
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Argentite

Renamed To: 

Acanthite

Formula: 
Ag2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.35
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110