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Polybasite

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Polybasite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Hodruša-Hámre, Žarnovica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7 × 10 × 3.5 cm
Description

Old silver ore specimen consisting of silver-grey, lustrous polybasite and minor chalcopyrite in gangue matrix. Comes with nice hand-written label with very exact locality description dated august 1880! The label means: 'Polybasite from Baptista vein, Schöpfer adit, Hodritsch'. 'Hodritsch' is the old german name for Hodrusa - Hámre.
Weight: 215 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Polybasite

Formula: 
[(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Strunz: 
2.GB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
black

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