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Argyrodite

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Argyrodite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

Argyrodite is an extremely rare germanium-containing silver sulfide and occurs at its best from this type locality (late 1800s).

Grey crystal cluster of  intergrown nubby, matte-finish botryoids of argyrodite from Alex Franz collection.

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Argyrodite

Formula: 
Ag8GeS6
Strunz: 
2.BA.70
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany