Argentite

  
Argentite with silver on barite
Origin: Aspen, Pitkin Co., Colorado, United States
Eaton Collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 3 cm
 

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Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: Pöhla, Erzgebirge, Germany
Sample size: 1.5 x 2 cm
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
 
  
Argentite pseudomorph after galena with proustite and xanthoconite on barite
  
Argentite pseudomorph after galena
Origin: "Old Hope of God" pit, Free Mountain, Kleinfeldsberg, near Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
Sample size: 7.5 x 4.9 x 3.3 cm (top), 4.5 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm (2nd row), 3 x 3 x 2 cm (bottom)
 
  
 
  
Origin: Guanajuato, Mexico
Sample size: 2.6 x 1.6 x .5 cm (top/2nd row), 1.8 x 1.3 x .8 cm (bottom)
 
  
Argentite pseudomorph after stephanite
Origin: Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Marilyn Dodge collection
Sample size: 2.4 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
 
  
Argentite on calcite
Origin: Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Ex. Richard Hauck collection
Sample size: 5.1 x 5.1 x 2.0 cm
 
  
Argentite coated with a thin layer of pyrite
Origin: Schemnitz, Slovak Republic
Ex. Richard Hauck collection
Sample size: 4.3 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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