Pyrostilpnite

Origin: St. Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Zacatecas, Mexico

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Randsburg district, San Bernardino Co., California, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Vugs with smaller than 1 mm crystals of red pyrostilpnite, dark red pyrargyrite and tin-white stibarsen

Origin: No. 7 mine, Trebsko by Pribram, Czech Republic

Sample size: miniature

 

    

Deep, bright red acicular crystals to 1mm in vuggy sulfide matrix.

Origin: Cerro Rico, Potosi City, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 2.5 x 1 x 1.5 cm

 

Tiny red needle about 0.2 mm

Red micro needle of Pyrostilpnite approximately 0.1mm in a tiny vug. The crystal is very difficult to see, even with a microscope!

Origin: Van Silver Claims, British Columbia, Canada

Sample size: 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (top), 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm (bottom)

 

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