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Argyrodite On Pyrargyrite

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Argyrodite On Pyrargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.2 × 2.7 cm
Description

Dark metallic, dull argyrodite on pyrargyrite from the Colquechaca, Potosi, Bolivia. 

SEM-EDS conf. no 792. Comes with a colour-printed analysis. 

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Argyrodite

Formula: 
Ag8GeS6
Strunz: 
2.BA.70
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Pyrargyrite

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