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Silver & Acanthite

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Description
Locality: 
Priester Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.7 × 0.9 cm
Description

A wonderful old-timed specimen features exceding beautiful wires of native silver, associated with metallic-grey-black silver-sulfosalt acanthite. The silver has a distinctive metallic luster with a slightly nice patina. A good specimen in splendid shape.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

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

Acanthite

Formula: 
Ag2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
lead grey
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Wendel Minerals

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