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Acanthite

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RBR690037

Acanthite

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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Description

Very aerial growth of acanthite crystals pseudomorphic after Argentite. They are cuboctahedral and have bright and very well defined faces and edges.
An excellent miniature from a classic mining area.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Acanthite

Formula: 
Ag2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
lead grey
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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