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Argentopyrite & Pyrargyrite

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RBR601221

Argentopyrite & Pyrargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Argentopyrite is a rare silver-mineral. Most specimens show just a few tiny crystals, nothing rich or showy. But this specimen is different: The argentopyrite is extremly rich with hundreds of very good crystals. Almost the whole frontside is coverey by this shiny mineral. But this is not all: the second mineral is pyrargyrite, excellent crystrallized as well. The pyrargyrite-crystals are isolated on this specimen with good luster and size. The specimen is in very good condition, no significant damages.
Regarding the size, richness and quality this item is outstanding. It took me years to find such a good one.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Argentopyrite

Formula: 
AgFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.65
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
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

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