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Native Silver & Acanthite

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Native Silver & Acanthite

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Locality: 
St Andreasberg, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.3 × 4 cm
Description

Very rich specimen hosting massive native silver throughout calcite. Partly silver forms beautiful wires and acanthite occurs in blackish crystals. From an old time mining district. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Acanthite

Formula: 
Ag2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
lead grey
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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Postage Area Price
Germany: 4 $ (< 500 gr)
$4
International: 6.50$ (< 500 gr)
$6.50