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Acanthite

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Acanthite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm
Description

A superb, arborescent cluster of crystals of "argentite", with incredible metallic lustre and sharp individual crystals to 1.1 cm sprouting off the main crystalised base

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
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