Acanthite with Polybasite & Pyrargyrite
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Acanthite with Polybasite & Pyrargyrite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 8 x 9 x 6 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- Unavailable
- Locality
- Lexington mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, United States
- Tagged
- sulfide , ore specimen
The David New label for this specimen says that it was collected in 1905 by R. Mackay with detailed information on the exact locality which was the Chief Joseph vein, 400 ft level. It was collected from the Lexington mine, one of the premier early silver producers in Butte, according to Jenkins & Lorengo (Min. Record v. 33, n. 1 2002). The piece is a large ore specimen with several sulfides, all massive.
Acanthite
- Formula
- Ag2S
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Blocky, Skeletal, Arborescent
- Cleavage
- poor to none
- Luster
- Metallic
- Color
- lead gray, gray, iron black
- Streak
- shining black
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Sectile
- Hardness
- 2-2.5
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
David New label
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