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Stephanite Silver & Pyrite

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Stephanite Silver & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Fantastic specimen from Germany which is extremely rich loaded in dozens of well formed groups of stephanite crystals as well as a lot of native silver. The metallic grey crystals are covering nearly the whole piece and additionally there is some pyrite present too.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stephanite

Formula: 
Ag5SbS4
Strunz: 
2.GB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Pyramidal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5