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Acanthite

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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

The specimen is developed as floater, it looks great in each angle, the quality is as good as it ever could be. Akanthite in this size and quality from this famous classic locality is really exceptional and hard to obtain! Undamaged.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Acanthite

Formula: 
Ag2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
lead grey
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic