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Pyrargyrite with Quartz

#55165

Pyrargyrite with Quartz

#55165
Availability
Sold
Size
6 x 4.5 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
Ag3SbS3 (RRUFF)
Locality
Uchucchacua mine, Oyon prov., Lima dept., Peru
Tagged
ore mineral , sulfide , silver

A good example of this high silver ore coming in at nearly 60% silver. Pyrargyrite is one of the so-called "ruby silvers". It has a nice purplish red streak with an adamantine luster. 

Pyrargyrite

Formula
Ag3SbS3 
Crystal System
Trigonal 
Crystal Habit
Massive, Crystalline - Poor, Prismatic 
Cleavage
Poor, None, None 
Luster
Sub Metallic 
Color
deep red, red gray 
Streak
cherry red 
Class
Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal 
Fracture
Brittle - Conchoidal 
Hardness
2.5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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