Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Acanthite & Pyrargyrite

Views:
Watches:
PJM131524

Acanthite & Pyrargyrite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Fresnillo de Gonzalez Echeverria, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.4 × 1.7 cm
Description

A solid cluster of acanthite crystals with some minor quartz and calcite associated. The crystals are twinned, metallic silver black with the occassional red highlight from pyrargyrite crystal scattered amongst the acanthite

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

Pyrargyrite

Formula: 
Ag3SbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal
Hardness: 
2.5
Earthstones Australia

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

All goods must be paid for prior to shipping, all bids are binding.