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Stephanite & Native Silver

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Stephanite & Native Silver

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Description
Locality: 
Minnesota Mine, Upper Union District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with a rather large group of stephanite crystals accompanied by nice wires of native silver. Stephanite is one of the rarer Colorado silver species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stephanite

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

Silver

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

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