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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: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.4 cm
Description

This auction is for nine small specimens of stromeyerite, some with intergrown leaves of native silver.   The size listed is for the largest piece of stromeyerite.   Old time material from the Koerner Vein of the Magma Mine, collected in the 1950's.

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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