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Stromeyerite

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Description
Locality: 
Polar Star Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 4.8 × 3.7 cm
Weight: 
125.00gr
Description

Very interesting specimen of stromeyerite in impregnations on a quartzite matrix sprinkled with some secondary copper mineral not identified by me. This old piece has been part of my personal collection of systematics for more than 30 years.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stromeyerite

Formula: 
AgCuS
Strunz: 
2.BA.40
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zmeinogorsk Mine (Zmyeinogorsk Mine; Snake Mountain Mine; Schlangenberg Mine), Zmeevka Stream, Korbalikha River, Alei River Basin, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

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