Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Miargyrite & Pyrargyrite

Views:
Watches:
MGR1000809

Miargyrite & Pyrargyrite

Rare Mineral

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
St Andreasberg, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm
Description

Exceptional combination specimen from Germany. A well formed and 2.5 cm long crystal cluster of pyrargyrite which has a complete coating of miargyrite. The specimen shows a nice metallic sparkling effect with slightly brownish crystal tips. A small but outstanding rarity in fantastic quality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Miargyrite

Formula: 
AgSbS2
Strunz: 
2.HA.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Pyrargyrite

Formula: 
Ag3SbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal
Hardness: 
2.5
Not Sold