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Acanthite

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Description
Locality: 
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4.5 × 4.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Weight: 
150.00gr
Description

This is a very good and old acathite specimen from the very famous Himmelsfürst Mine in Saxony, Germany.

Sharp and lustrous black acanthite crystals nicely set on calcite matrix.

Ex Walter Rieger collection. With minor native silver.
 

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