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Freibergite & Polybasite & Pyrargyrite

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Freibergite & Polybasite & Pyrargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Highland Bell Mine, Beaverdell, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Freibergite with polybasite, pyrargyrite, galena, sphalerite aun chalcopyrite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Freibergite

Formula: 
Ag6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S13-x
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Reiche Zeche Mine, Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Polybasite

Formula: 
[(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Strunz: 
2.GB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
black

Pyrargyrite

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