Argyrodite

Origin: Veta Galufa, Colquechaca, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Picture size: 4 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

Origin: Himmelsfürst Mine, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sample size: 1 cm
 
  
A large pocket filled with tetrahedrite crystals to 2 mm with a few areas showing dull grey argyrodite crystals to 0.5 - 0.75 mm.
Origin: Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
Ex. British Museum specimen, ex. Kaar Collection
Sample size: 6.5 x 3 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Origin: Colquechaca, Bolivia
Ex. Al McGuinness and Mark Feinglos collections
Sample size: 4.7 x 4 x 2.6 cm
 
  
Origin: Oruro, Bolivia
Ex. Mark Feinglos, British Museum of Natural History collections
Sample size: 2.7 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Switzerland
Ex. Mark Feinglos collection
Sample size: two specimens 0.6 to 1.1 cm across
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

Back to Alphabetical list Physical, chemical and crystallographic description Optical properties/Thin sections SEM images TEM images vibrational spectra description IR spectra Raman spectra N-IR spectra F-IR spectra IES spectra