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Pyrargyrite (two specimens exhibiting different crystal habits) from Grube Samson, St. Andreasberg, Niedersachsen, Germany

DESCRIPTION:	No. 69282
Mineral:	Pyrargyrite (two specimens exhibiting different crystal habits)
Locality:	Grube Samson, St. Andreasberg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Description:	Two lustrous dark-red metallic pyrargyrite specimens exhibiting two distinct crystal habits: rhombohedron on the left, and scalenohedron on the right. The rhombohedral pyrargyrite crystals exhibit red translucency in ordinary illumination. Ex. Humboldt University, 1870; ex. Georg Gebhard
Overall Size:	4.5x3 cm domed displays
Crystals:	3-9 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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