Mineral name
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Pyrostilpnite
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6205: 9 x 6,5 x 6 cm |
Hölzel-No.
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2.FA.140 |
Type of specimen
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6200 HT
6205 vermutl. Teil vom HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA / 1829 |
Chemical formula
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Ag3SbS3 |
Type locality
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Germany, Saxony, Ore Mts., Großschirma, Churprinz Friedrich August Erbstolln mine |
Associated minerals
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Quartz, pyrargyrite, pyrite |
Collection
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Geowissenschaftliche Sammlungen - TU Bergakademie Freiberg |
Contact person
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Andreas Massanek |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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6200 / G 5,5
6205 / G 5,6 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimens |
References
Breithaupt, J.F.A. (1829)
Jahrb. Berg- und Hüttenwesens, 152
Breithaupt, J.F.A. (1832)
Vollständige Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems.- Dresden and Leipzig, 3, 285 and 333 (Feuerblende)
Dana, J.D. (1868)
A System of Mineralogy, 5 (name translated to pyrostilpnite) |
Notes / Further information
6200: Breithaupt 1828, left-over in a tube.
6205: Breithaupt 1828.
Note: Breithaupt writes that he got only two small samples for examination. Therefore these samples should be the left-overs of those original samples. All other samples are of younger date. |
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