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Pyrargyrite

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Pyrargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Fresnillo de Gonzalez Echeverria, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Beautiful specimen from Armin Wendland collection:

Sharp and lustrous pyrargyrite crystals on a bed of good contrasting white calcite crystals. Acquired 1992

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrargyrite

Formula: 
Ag3SbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal
Hardness: 
2.5