A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Pyrargyrite from Lander County, Nevada, USA |
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| Description | Pyrargyrite, Ag3SbS3 (silver antimony sulfide), is a popular silver bearing mineral for collectors. Its color is a dark red and is most commonly so dark that it appears black. The nickname “ruby silver” has been applied to pyrargyrite although it is typically applied to the related mineral proustite. Pyrargyrite is the more common of the two minerals and is usually found in the same ore veins with proustite, silver and other silver sulfides. |
| Location | USA ▹ Nevada ▹ Lander |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-18. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #276. |
| Key words | pyrargyrite, Nevada |
| Tech details | 736 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1278 |
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