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Sternbergite & Pyrargyrite

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Sternbergite & Pyrargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 0.9 × 1.3 cm
Description

Black metallic plates of sternbergite with pyrargyrite on baryte.

Ex collection Fehrente.

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sternbergite

Formula: 
AgFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.65
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Pyrargyrite

Formula: 
Ag3SbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal
Hardness: 
2.5