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Pyrargyrite Sphalerite On Quartz

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Pyrargyrite Sphalerite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Weight: 
106.00gr
Description

This is a piece of skeleton quartz, on the surface of which are numerous sphalerite and pyrargyrite crystals. An old, historical piece from the tin mine in Ehrenfriedersdorf. 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrargyrite

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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