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Pyrostilpnite

#43467

Pyrostilpnite

#43467
Availability
Sold
Size
3 x 2 x 2 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
Ag3SbS3 (RRUFF)
Locality
St. Andreasberg dist., Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Tagged
sulfide , silver

The specimen ID is doubtful. As you can see there are ruby sulfosalts and other unknown dull grey metallics. There is no sign of needle Pyrostilpnite. There are dull grey 1mm crystals which are probably Pyrargyite. It needs work, no return. Sorry, there is no Sampsonite on it....no return.

Pyrostilpnite

Formula
Ag3SbS3 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Acicular, Crystalline - Fine 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Adamantine 
Color
hyacinth red, orange red 
Streak
orange yellow 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Shultz Collection

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