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Pearceite

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Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm
Weight: 
32.00gr
Description

This specimen is richly covered with pearceite. The pearceite is sitting on and between quartz. The Cu rich pearceite is a rare silver mineral. The  pearceite is twice EDX analysed. It is almost Cupropearceite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pearceite

Formula: 
[(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Strunz: 
2.GB.15
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Mollie Gibson Mine (Molly Gibson Mine), Aspen, Aspen District (Roaring Fork District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Pearceite
Analysis Report - only: Pearceite
Analysis Report - only: Pearceite

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