Pyrargyrite and Stephanite with ARGENTOPYRITE - image 1

Pyrargyrite and Stephanite with ARGENTOPYRITE

$9,500.00

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Tucson, Arizona, USA

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This museum grade miniature displays magnificent crystals of Pyrargyrite, a silver-antimony sulphosalt, from the classic and historic mining district around Freiberg in Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany. Pseudo-hexagonal crystals to 1.3 cm high by 1.3 cm wide (between flats) dominate the specimen, with small crystals of lead-grey Stephanite and granular Argentopyrite infilling in between. The overall appearance of all species is metallic black, however, when held against a strong light source, various edges and areas of the Pyrargyrite transmit its familiar deep translucent claret to cherry red colour. The Stephanite, another silver-antimony sulphosalt, manifests as heavily striated crystals to a few mm with a dull bronze-gunmetal patina. A first-class specimen of these rare, typically German sulphosalts, which would elegantly grace any important collection.