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Mckinstryite Iodargyrite & Silver

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Mckinstryite Iodargyrite & Silver

Microdiffraction, Raman & SEM-EDS confirmed
Analysed

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm
Description

Capillary mounted mercurian silver (SC-XRD & SEM-EDS conf.) with tiny black metallic Mckinstryite and iodargyrite  (SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed). A SXRD confirmed Mckinstryite from the Clara mine has been used as a Raman reference.

Analysis no 573. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mckinstryite

Formula: 
Ag5-xCu3+xS4
Strunz: 
2.BA.40
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Foster Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Iodargyrite

Formula: 
AgI
Strunz: 
3.AA.10
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Albarradón Mine, Albarradón, Mun. de Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Mckinstryite Iodargyrite & Silver
Analysis Report - only: Mckinstryite Iodargyrite & Silver
Analysis Report - only: Mckinstryite Iodargyrite & Silver
Analysis Report - only: Mckinstryite Iodargyrite & Silver
Analysis Report - only: Mckinstryite Iodargyrite & Silver