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Miargyrite & Geocronite

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Miargyrite & Geocronite

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Description
Locality: 
Van Silver Mine, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Grey metallic miargyrite and black geocronite on quartz. 

Woodside, R.W.M., Soregaroli, A.E., Ansell, H.G., Twaites, B.L., Balacko T.W. (2000): Rare sulfosalts from the Van Silver Mine, British Columbia. Mineralogical Record, 31(3), 219-229.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Miargyrite

Formula: 
AgSbS2
Strunz: 
2.HA.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Geocronite

Formula: 
Pb14(Sb,As)6S23
Strunz: 
2.JB.30a
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Sala Silver Mine, Sala, Västmanland, Sweden