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Pyrostilpnite & Pyrargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Třebsko, Příbram, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 5.7 × 3.5 cm
Description

Orange-red crystallized pyrostilpnite with lustrous pyrargyrite crystals in vugs of native arsenic.Very rich and good old specimen from Armin Wendland collection

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