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Argentopyrite

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Argentopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Beautiful small specimen with numerous argentopyrite crystals together with acanthite on matrix. Specimen comes with a beautiful small old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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