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Nagyágite & Native Arsenic

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Nagyágite & Native Arsenic

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Săcărâmb, Deva, Hunedoara County, Romania
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3 × 2.6 cm
Description

A rich specimen of nagyagite from its type locality in the early 1800s, hosted on rhodochrosite and native arsenic. This is a classic association, but unusual in such visually attractive specimens overall. Nice tabular nagyagite crystals are protected in a little crevasse here and show nicely contrasted to the pink rhodochrosite and the black arsenic.Very rare !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nagyágite

Formula: 
Pb5Au(Te,Sb)4S5-8
Strunz: 
2.HB.20a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Type Locality: 
Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania

Arsenic

Formula: 
As
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Grey