Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Vikingite

Views:
Watches:
JYJ195849

Vikingite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Gabbs, Nye County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm
Description

Rare sample of the silver mineral vikingite as veins in quartz. Shows the typical structure perpendicular to crystal striations.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vikingite

Formula: 
Ag5Pb8Bi13S30
Strunz: 
2.JB.40a
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland