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Argyrodite

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Argyrodite

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Description
Locality: 
Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.78 cm
Description

Well crystallized argyrodite on siderite matrix with minor pyrargyrite. 

SEM-EDS confirmed, rare mineral!

 

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