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Pyrostilpnite & Pyrargyrite

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Pyrostilpnite & Pyrargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Fischbacher Werk Mine, Niederfischbach, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

Brown to red pyrostilpnite laths associated wtih pyrargyrite from the Fischbacher Werk mine, Niederfischbach, Germany. 

Beautiful!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrostilpnite

Formula: 
Ag3SbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.10
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Churprinz Friedrich August Erbstolln Mine (Churprinz Mine; Kurprinz Mine), Großschirma, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Pyrargyrite

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