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Argentopyrite On Quartz

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Argentopyrite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

A sample full with elongated prismatic strongly striated crystals of argentopyrite with minor pyrite and argentite on matrix of white vuggy hornstein quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Argentopyrite

Formula: 
AgFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.65
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
Grey.
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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