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Acanthite Psm Pyrargyrite

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Acanthite Psm Pyrargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Elena Mine, Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Sparkly, sharp, acanthite pseudomorphs after pyrargyrite crystals in vuggy, jackstraw fashion form a very rich and fine specimen. Many of the pseudos have hoppered terminations.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Pyrargyrite

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

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