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Miargyrite & Pyrargyrite

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Miargyrite & Pyrargyrite

PXRD confirmed specimen

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Description
Locality: 
San Jose Mine, San Jerónimo Taviche Municipality, Oaxaca, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Twinned miargyrite associated with pyrargyrite on quartz matrix. 

PXRD confirmed specimen. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Miargyrite

Formula: 
AgSbS2
Strunz: 
2.HA.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Pyrargyrite

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