A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Stephanite with quartz, calcite and pyrite |
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| Description | Stephanite, Ag5SbS4 (silver antimony sulfide), is a rare black mineral formed in silver-rich hydrothermal deposits. The two white minerals are quartz and calcite, while the gold colored mineral is pyrite. Although not a well known ore of silver, it is never-the-less a locally important ore in some mines. |
| Location | Germany. Near Freiberg. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-18. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #264. |
| Key words | Stephanite, Quartz, Calcite, Pyrite, Germany |
| Tech details | 622 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1274 |
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