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Silver & Stromeyerite

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Silver & Stromeyerite

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Description
Locality: 
Magma Mine, Pioneer District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Leaf silver coated, or partially coated by stromeyerite.   Old material from the Koerner Vein of the Magma Mine, worked in the 1940's.   The size given is for the largest of 3 included specimens.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Stromeyerite

Formula: 
AgCuS
Strunz: 
2.BA.40
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine; Snake Mountain Mine; Schlangenberg Mine), Zmeevka Stream, Korbalikha River, Alei River Basin, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

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