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Argentopyrite

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Argentopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4 × 2.8 cm
Description

A very rich and old argentopyrite specimen from Schneeberg.

Freestanding bronze, silvery  to blue tarnished hexagonal Argentopyrite crystals between native silver curls and wires all over the specimen.

Very good old time specimen.

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