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Rammelsbergite Psm Native Silver

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Rammelsbergite Psm Native Silver

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Description
Locality: 
Měděnec, Klášterec nad Ohří, Krušné Hory, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

The classic locality of Medenec in the Czech part of the Erzgebirge (Krusné Hory) is famous for two kinds of specimens, first are the beautiful proustite samples and second are the pseudomorphs after native silver.
This small specimen is a very good example of rammelsbergite pseudomorph after dendritic native silver.
The rammelsbergite is associated with some small nickelskutterudite crystals.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rammelsbergite

Formula: 
NiAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Silver

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

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