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- Highland Bell mine, Beaverdell, British Columbia, Canada
- Formula
- Ag3SbS3
- Size
- Cabinet 9.5x5.5x8cm
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- Ore Minerals
Large heavy Silver ore specimen rich with dark silver-black massive Pyrargyrite (Ruby Silver) with deep red internal color associated with Galena, Sphalerite, and Pyrite. The old label with this specimen mentions that this is a piece of high-grade ore.
In the Mineralogical Record's article on the Highland Bell Mine (20-6,p441) the silver lodes occur in brecciated Quartz veins in a mineralized zone approximately 6.4km E-W that is interrupted by numerous offset faults.
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- Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
- Formula
- Ag3SbS3
- Size
- SmCabinet 6x5x3cm
- Tagged
- antique , sulfide
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- Antique Specimen
Ex. US National Museum from the Roebling Collection with an antique K.S. Mineralien - Niedelag...this tag is ripped a little.
This is a large prismatic Pyrargyrite 2cm crystal with deep red internal reflections. The crystal itself is excellent with good forms as the photos show. There is a visible, old fracture near the one end otherwise with in very good shape.
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- Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
- Formula
- Ag3SbS3
- Size
- SmCabinet 4x6x3.5cm
- Tagged
- sulfide
A pleasing specimen with a combination of Pyrite, Calcite, Quartz and a killer ball of Pyrargyrite crystals to 1.2cm. Comes with an old Lidstrom's tag.
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- St. Andreasberg dist., Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Formula
- Ag3SbS3
- Size
- SmCabinet 3x5x7cm
- Tagged
- sulfide
Superb specimen of crusty gray native Arsenic with deep silvery-red crystals of Pyrargyrite from 1-5mm and a few black tabs of Stephanite. Rich coverage on all sides!
