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Pyrargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Proano Mine, Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.7 × 4.6 cm
Description

This is a super rich specimen of Pyragyrite as a huge crystallized aggregate perched on matrix from the San Luis Shaft at Fresnillo. The Pyrargyrite is highly lustrous, multifaced and relatively sharp edged. This is a very good piece in good shape, discovered in the heydays of this great mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrargyrite

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