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Acanthite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Echo Bay Mine, Port Radium, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm
Description

Lustrous group of acanthite crystals pseudomorph after argentite, associated with microscopic unidentified redish crystals and possibly cerussite microcrystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Acanthite

Formula: 
Ag2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
lead grey
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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