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Allargentum & Freibergite

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Allargentum & Freibergite

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Shiny silvery allargentum with dark gray freibergite (largest crystal 0.5 cm) on matrix (maybe skutterudite or löllingite?). Very nice, classic specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Allargentum

Formula: 
(Ag1-xSbx)
Strunz: 
2.AA.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Silver
Type Locality: 
University Mine (Giroux Lake Mine), Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

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

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