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Argyrodite

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Argyrodite

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Description
Locality: 
Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

Good group of intergrown argyrodite (analysed) crystals. The locality Colquechaca has a very interesting geology with its Ge-,Sn- Ag- mineralisation.

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