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Argentopyrite & Proustite

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Description
Locality: 
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

Extremely opulently decorated collection specimen with bronze-colored elongated and ideally formed argentopyrite crystals. The crystals cover the entire specimen on the front and back. This means an area of twice 4x4 centimeters. Accompanied by several dark red proustite crystals.

The Pöhla-tellerhäuser mine, a German classic, probably provided some of the best specimens of the mineral argentopyrite. Comes with three collection labels as shown.

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

Proustite

Formula: 
Ag3AsS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Labels
Label Images - only: Argentopyrite & Proustite
Label Images - only: Argentopyrite & Proustite
Label Images - only: Argentopyrite & Proustite

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