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Native Silver On Native Arsenic & Pyrargyrite

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Native Silver On Native Arsenic & Pyrargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Schlema-Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm
Description

Good sample of native silver (superficially oxidized) on native arsenic with tiny pyrargyrite micro crystals (too small for detail pictures).

From an old collection with labels. Mounted on a improvised glass base. Can be easiy taken off.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Arsenic

Formula: 
As
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Grey

Pyrargyrite

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

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