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Rhodochrosite & Argentite

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Rhodochrosite & Argentite

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Description
Locality: 
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 9 × 5 cm
Weight: 
1 579.00gr
Description

A huge sliced and extremely good polished sample of the "Edle Braunspat Formation" of the Freiberg district with argentiferous sphalerite, galena and  argentite and pyrite in a matrix of pink rhodochrosite and white calcite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania

Argentite

Renamed To: 

Acanthite

Formula: 
Ag2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.35
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

Seller Information

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For payment within EU money transfer is preferred:

Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110