A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Dyscrasite, Ag3Sb |
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| Description | Dyscrasite, Ag3Sb (silver antimonide), can be beautiful silver-white and metallic when fresh, but like many silver minerals it quickly tarnishes when exposed to air. So, this specimen (2.2 cm across) is dark gray, showing only a minor metallic luster. Dyscrasite is a silver-antimony alloy, and occurs in large amounts in some silver deposits. Rare valuable samples may consist of intricate and strikingly beautiful crystals and crystal aggregates. |
| Location | Germany. Near Andreasberg. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-11. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #213. |
| Key words | Dyscrasite, Germany |
| Tech details | 359 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1163 |
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