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Polybasite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Silver King Mine, Elsa, Yukon, Canada
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 4.3 × 2 cm
Description

Very rich metallic polybasite overlapping hexagonal blades with dull pyrite crystals from a long closed mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Polybasite

Formula: 
[(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Strunz: 
2.GB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
black

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
schani

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