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Pyrargyrite

Ex Jose Rees Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Junction Mine, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm
Description

A great old time group of pyrargyrite crystals from the early days in the Browne's Shaft at the Junction Mine, The back of the specimen still clearly show the bright red colour, this species for known for.

Some the the crystal terminations are covered with coronadite and there is some very minor siderite matrix visible.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrargyrite

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