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Pyrostilpnite On Fluorite

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Pyrostilpnite On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm
Description

Filigrane pyrostilpnite attached to purple fluorite.

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic