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Pyrostilpnite & Pyrargyrite

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Pyrostilpnite & Pyrargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

The specimen consists out of well crystallized pyrargyrite and elongated pyrostilpnite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrostilpnite

Formula: 
Ag3SbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.10
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Churprinz Friedrich August Erbstolln Mine (Churprinz Mine; Kurprinz Mine), Großschirma, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Pyrargyrite

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