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Sternbergite & Argentopyrite

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Sternbergite & Argentopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

specimen with some very good bronze crystals of sterbergite with associate blackish metallic esagonal crystals of argentopyrite on matrix.

c. 911

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sternbergite

Formula: 
AgFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.65
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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

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