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Pyrargyrite, Proustite, Calcite from Katharina Neufang Mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz, Saxony, Germany

 
Pyrargyrite, Proustite, Calcite from Katharina Neufang Mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz, Saxony, Germany

Pyrargyrite, Proustite, Calcite from Katharina Neufang Mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz, Saxony, Germany

DESCRIPTION:No. 33683
Mineral:Pyrargyrite, Proustite, Calcite
Locality:Katharina Neufang Mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz, Saxony, Germany
Description:Rich specimen of ruby-silver minerals with hexagonal gray metallic pyrargyrite crystals up to 2.5 mm with translucent red proustite crystals up to 2 mm in matrix of colorless calcite crystals up to 1 mm. Many crystal-filled cavities throughout. Ex. John A. Rorer, Jr. collection #084; Ex. Dr. A.A.Pegau, Va. State Geologist, 1948
Overall Size:45x35x35 mm
Crystals:.2-2.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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