ARGENTOPYRITE and Pyrargyrite

$300.00

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Tucson, Arizona, USA

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An interesting miniature of crystallised Argentopyrite and Pyrargyrite from the P'hla-Tellerh'user mine in the Schwarzenberg District of Saxony, Germany. Formerly in East Germany, this was one or the worlds largest uranium mines working a Cambrian-Ordovician polymetallic skarn. Well developed crystals of both species measure up to about 2 mm over a creamy white matrix with an earthy texture and lustre. Magnification is required to differential the two crystal habits as both are a similar metallic grey, one perhaps a little more silver than the other.