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Argentopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3 × 1.4 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed argentopyrite with purple luster and rammelsbergite (XRD & EDS confirmed). Analysis no U134a-e & XRD 239 U134b. Analysis in the analytical section. 

 

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
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Argentopyrite
Analysis Report - only: Argentopyrite