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Acanthite

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Locality: 
Fresnillo de Gonzalez Echeverria, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.3 × 2.8 cm
Description

An exquisite acanthite specimen from the famous Armin Wendland collection:

Lustrous and sharp crystallized acanthite in a vug of the calcite-ore matrix.

Beautiful specimen, acquired 1992

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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