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Pyrostilpnite & Mimetite

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Pyrostilpnite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 3.3 × 2.7 cm
Description

Orange pyrostilpnite crystals on mimetite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrostilpnite

Formula: 
Ag3SbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.10
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Churprinz Friedrich August Erbstolln Mine (Churprinz Mine; Kurprinz Mine), Großschirma, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany