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Sternbergite & Native Silver On Acanthite

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Sternbergite & Native Silver On Acanthite

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Description
Locality: 
Vater Abraham Mine, Oberscheibe, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Orthorombic crystals of sternbergite and native silver on acanthite. With an unidentified white mineral - maybe baryte.

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

Silver

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

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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