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Argentopyrite

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Argentopyrite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Niederschlema, Bad Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm
Description

A very rich and old argentopyrite specimen from Schlema, Saxony.

Freestanding bronze, silvery to blue tarnished hexagonal Argentopyrite crystals all over the specimen.

Very good old time specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Argentopyrite

Formula: 
AgFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.65
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
Grey.
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic