Argentite with Quartz and Pyrite

$2,500.00 €2,049 £1,850.00 approx.

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ID: CC12472

A rich specimen of Argentite (Acanthite) forming a thick metallic grey crystalline sheet over the Quartz-rich matrix from the Banská Štiavnica mining area in Slovakia. Areas of the Argentite sheet display abundant intergrown crystals in a well-formed cubic habit measuring to around 1mm. Associated with pale metallic yellow Pyrite some with a yellow-purple-red iridescence.

Details

Dimensions: 6.7 × 3.3 × 3.3 cm
Categories: Sulphides, Sulphosalts and Arsenides
Locality: Banska Stiavnica (Schemnitz), Stiavnica Mts, Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia, Europe

Minerals on Specimen

Minerals on specimen: Argentite

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