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Pyrargyrite & Calcite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.1 × 1 cm
Description

An old time pyrargyrite specimen from the Jose Rees Collection (Sydney). A flattened plate of near black barrel like pyrargyrite crystals with red cores, surrounded with teardrop shaped calcite crystals. A very rich specimen of this difficult to obtain species from Broken Hill.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrargyrite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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