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Acanthite

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Description
Locality: 
Moldava, Teplice, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 6.4 × 3.5 cm
Description

Here we see a typical and classic Czech item with skeleton shaped, rounded crystal aggregates of silver sulfosalt Acanthite lining some vugs. The Acanthite is accompanied by colourless-white, cubed Fluorite and it features itself a high metallic sheen. A good and rich specimen.

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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