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Silver Arsenopyrite

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Silver Arsenopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Waterloo Mine, Cherryville, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 0.5 cm
Description

A piece of Native silver with aresenopyrite crystals and probably silver/arsenic/sulphide attached to a piece of altered limestone from the Waterloo Mine located near Lightning Peak (peridot). The grey material on similar specimens was analysed by Bart Canon to be As with 28%Ni, possibly Remmelsbergite. This specimen was found using a metal detector and then it was leached out of a calcite vein.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

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

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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