Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Argentopyrite

Views:
Watches:
JYJ788377

Argentopyrite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Hexagonal brassy metallic argentopyrite and minor proustite on a dolomite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Argentopyrite

Formula: 
AgFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.65
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
Grey.
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic