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Allargentum Dyscrasite & Native Silver

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Allargentum Dyscrasite & Native Silver

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Bouismas Mine, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Allargentum is dominant on this sample, but seems to be intergrown with dyscrasite and silver. Most possibly silver and allargentum partly replacing dyscrasite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Allargentum

Formula: 
(Ag1-xSbx)
Strunz: 
2.AA.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Silver
Type Locality: 
University Mine (Giroux Lake Mine), Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Dyscrasite

Formula: 
Ag3Sb
Strunz: 
2.AA.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Wenzel Mine, Frohnbach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Silver

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

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