Formula: Ag
Origin of name: Old English name for the metal
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Colour: silver-white, tarnishes gray to black
Diaphaneity: opaque
Luster: metallic
Habit: crystals cubic, octahedral, dodecahedral, in parallel groups, elongated, arborescent, reticulated and as wires, massive
Hardness: 2.5 to 3
Specific gravity: 10.50
Cleavage: none
Tenacity: hackly, malleable and ductile
Streak: silver-white
Synonyms/varieties: kongsbergite (Hg-rich variety), küstelite (Au-rich variety)
Comments: data for silver-3C, there are also -2H and -4H polytypes, series with gold
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