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less common on {130}{100}{010}.","Crystals short prismatic to tabular",2.5,"6.26","6.28","Metallic","Opaque","Iron black","Lead gray or black","Occasionally has a dull blue iridescence.",[55,56,57,58],"gray","black","white","pink",[56],"None","[010] Imperfect, [021] Poor","Imperfect\u002FFair","Sub-Conchoidal","brittle","Weak","White to pink-white","White-grey","Anisotropic","Strong, in vivid colors","(32.0–33.0) 400,\r\n(32.1–33.2) 420,\r\n(32.2–33.4) 440,\r\n(31.5–33.2) 460,\r\n(30.7–32.6) 480,\r\n(30.0–32.0) 500,\r\n(29.0–31.3) 520,\r\n(28.4–30.6) 540,\r\n(28.0–30.2) 560,\r\n(27.6–29.8) 580,\r\n(27.5–29.6) 600,\r\n(27.6–29.6) 620,\r\n(27.8–29.5) 640,\r\n(28.0–29.2) 660,\r\n(28.5–28.7) 680,\r\n(28.2–28.2) 700","Silver ore","Late stage mineral in hydrothermal silver deposits.","The sulphur analogue of selenostephanite (also orthorhombic, but crystallises in a different space group).\r\n\r\nA less common Ag-rich silver sulphosalt.\r\n\r\nStephanite is stable below 197 +\u002F- 5°C (Keighin & Honea, 1969).","Named after the Austrian Mining Director\u002Fengineer and life-long mineral collector, Archduke Stephan Franz Victor von Habsburg-Lothringen (14 September 1817, Buda, Kingdom of Hungary - 17 February 1867, Menton, France).","2026-01-30 17:47:32",[],[],[79,87,94,104,111,118],{"id":80,"name":81,"entrytype":9,"csystem":82,"ima_formula":83,"mindat_formula":83,"hmin":42,"hmax":46,"dmeas":84,"dcalc":85,"primary_image_id":86},10,"Acanthite","Monoclinic","Ag\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>S","7.2","7.24",66,{"id":88,"name":89,"entrytype":9,"csystem":82,"ima_formula":90,"mindat_formula":90,"hmin":46,"hmax":46,"dmeas":91,"dcalc":92,"primary_image_id":93},59,"Aguilarite","Ag\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>SeS","7.40","7.65",399,{"id":95,"name":96,"entrytype":9,"csystem":97,"ima_formula":98,"mindat_formula":99,"hmin":100,"hmax":100,"dmeas":101,"dcalc":102,"primary_image_id":103},128,"Allargentum","Hexagonal","Ag\u003Csub>1-x\u003C\u002Fsub>Sb\u003Csub>x\u003C\u002Fsub> (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)","(Ag\u003Csub>1-x\u003C\u002Fsub>Sb\u003Csub>x\u003C\u002Fsub>)",3.5,"10.0","10.12",766,{"id":105,"name":106,"entrytype":9,"csystem":82,"ima_formula":107,"mindat_formula":107,"hmin":100,"hmax":43,"dmeas":108,"dcalc":109,"primary_image_id":110},299,"Argentopyrite","AgFe\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>S\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>","4.25","4.27",1832,{"id":112,"name":113,"entrytype":9,"csystem":34,"ima_formula":114,"mindat_formula":114,"hmin":46,"hmax":41,"dmeas":115,"dcalc":116,"primary_image_id":117},331,"Argyrodite","Ag\u003Csub>8\u003C\u002Fsub>GeS\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>","6.29","6.32",1847,{"id":119,"name":120,"entrytype":9,"csystem":34,"ima_formula":121,"mindat_formula":121,"hmin":46,"hmax":46,"dmeas":122,"dcalc":123,"primary_image_id":124},882,"Canfieldite","Ag\u003Csub>8\u003C\u002Fsub>SnS\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>","6.2","6.311",4541,[],[127],{"id":110,"txt":128,"latitude":129,"longitude":130,"country":131},"Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany",50.9119444,13.3427778,"Germany",656,[134,138,143,147,151,156,160,164,168,172,176,180,184,188,192,196,199,203,208],{"id":135,"year":136,"html":137,"doi":11},16124264,1845,"Haidinger, W. (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIV. Ordnung. Glanze. VIII. Melanglanz. Stephanit. In: Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie. Braumüller und Seidel, Wien, 563-570 (570). http:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fuploads\u002FHMB1845_563.pdf",{"id":139,"year":140,"html":141,"doi":142},101550,1884,"Morton, Carl (1884) XI. Stephanit yon Kongsberg (Norwegen). \u003Ci>Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials\u003C\u002Fi>,  9 (1). 238-242 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1524\u002Fzkri.1884.9.1.238'>doi:10.1524\u002Fzkri.1884.9.1.238\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1524\u002Fzkri.1884.9.1.238",{"id":144,"year":145,"html":146,"doi":11},16124266,1886,"Vrba, K. (1886). Beitrag zu einer Monographie des Stephanit. Kön. böhm. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 79 pgs.",{"id":148,"year":149,"html":150,"doi":11},16124267,1889,"Miers, H. (1889) The Hemimorphism of Stephanite; The Crystalline Form of Kaolinite. Mineralogical Magazine, 91, 1-4.",{"id":152,"year":153,"html":154,"doi":155},4552,1897,"Spencer, L. J. (1897) The Crystallography of Plagionite: New Crystal Forms on Stephanite, Enargite and Anglesite. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society\u003C\u002Fi>,  11 (52) 192-197 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1897.011.52.07'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1897.011.52.07\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_11\u002F11-52-192.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1897.011.52.07",{"id":157,"year":158,"html":159,"doi":11},16124269,1908,"Ford, W.E. (1908). Stephanite Crystals from Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. American Journal of Science, 25(147), 244.",{"id":161,"year":162,"html":163,"doi":11},518765,1919,"Poitevin, Eugene (1919) Crystallography of some Canadian minerals: stephanite, epidote, and calamine. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  4 (3) 22-25 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM4\u002FAM4_22.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":165,"year":166,"html":167,"doi":11},16124271,1923,"Shannon, E.V. (1923). Crystallographic notes on stephanite in a silver ore from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum.",{"id":169,"year":170,"html":171,"doi":11},16072248,1928,"Fenoglio, M. (1928) Contributo allo studio cristallografico della stefanite del Sarrabus (Sardegna). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova: 53: 30.",{"id":173,"year":174,"html":175,"doi":11},521011,1940,"Taylor, E. D. (1940) Stephanite morphology. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  25 (5) 327-337 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM25\u002FAM25_327.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":177,"year":178,"html":179,"doi":11},521269,1942,"Murdoch, Joseph (1942) Crystallographic notes: cristobalite, stephanite, natrolite. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  27 (7) 500-506 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM27\u002FAM27_500.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":181,"year":182,"html":183,"doi":11},1118651,1944,"Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) \u003Ci>The System of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.",{"id":185,"year":186,"html":187,"doi":11},16124276,1969,"Petrunina, A.A., Maksimov, B.A., Ilyukhin, V.V., Belov, N.V.E. (1969). The crystal structure of stephanite Ag5SbS4. Doklady Akademii Nauk, 188(2), 342-344.",{"id":189,"year":186,"html":190,"doi":191},154558,"Keighin, C.William; Honea, R.M. (1969) The system Ag-Sb-S from 600°C to 200°C. \u003Ci>Mineralium Deposita\u003C\u002Fi>,  4 (2). 153-171 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf00208050'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf00208050\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf00208050",{"id":193,"year":194,"html":195,"doi":11},16123197,1970,"Petrunina, A.A., Maksimov, B.A., Ilyukhin, V.V., Belov, N.V. (1970) The crystal structure of stephanite Ag5SbS4. Soviet Physics – Doklady: 14: 833-835.",{"id":197,"year":194,"html":198,"doi":11},16124277,"Ribár, B., Nowacki, W. (1970) Die kristallstruktur von stephanit, [SbS3|S|Ag5III]. Acta Crystallographica: B26: 201-207.",{"id":200,"year":201,"html":202,"doi":11},16967439,2005,"(2005) Stephanite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fstephanite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":204,"year":205,"html":206,"doi":207},16991071,2009,"Leitl, M., Pfitzner, A., Bindi, L. (2009) Preferred ion diffusion pathways and activation energies for Ag in the crystal structure of stephanite, Ag\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>SbS\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine\u003C\u002Fi>,  73 (1) 17-26 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.2009.073.1.17'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.2009.073.1.17\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.2009.073.1.17",{"id":209,"year":205,"html":210,"doi":211},128835,"Kharbish, Sherif, Libowitzky, Eugen, Beran, Anton (2009) Raman spectra of isolated and interconnected pyramidal XS3 groups (X = Sb,Bi) in stibnite, bismuthinite, kermesite, stephanite and bournonite. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  21 (2) 325-333 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2009\u002F0021-1914'>doi:10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2009\u002F0021-1914\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2009\u002F0021-1914",[213,220,230,235,243,248,254,258,265,270,279,287,296,303,310,316,325,335,343],{"id":214,"source_url":215,"license_code":216,"credit_html":217,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":218,"original_height":219},30746,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F91836","CC BY-SA 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F91836\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",1000,789,{"id":221,"source_url":222,"license_code":223,"credit_html":224,"title":225,"description":226,"author":227,"original_width":228,"original_height":229},22792,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10441388","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10441388\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stephanite-md61c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStephanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Stephanite\">Stephanite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLower_Saxony\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Lower Saxony\">Lower Saxony\u003C\u002Fa>, Germany (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-1812.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Stephanite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Very fine cluster of EXTREMELY SHARP Stephanite crystals. The luster is very bright, and the crystals are sometimes striated. A killer thumb for the species from this locality. 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",400,361,{"id":231,"source_url":232,"license_code":216,"credit_html":233,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":218,"original_height":234},30747,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61898","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61898\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",666,{"id":236,"source_url":237,"license_code":223,"credit_html":238,"title":239,"description":240,"author":227,"original_width":241,"original_height":242},22793,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10451205","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10451205\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stephanite-LTH34B.JPG","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStephanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Stephanite\">Stephanite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: San Genaro Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCastrovirreyna_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Castrovirreyna District\">Castrovirreyna District\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCastrovirreyna_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Castrovirreyna Province\">Castrovirreyna Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHuancavelica_Region\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Huancavelica Region\">Huancavelica Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Peru (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2552.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 2.4 x 1.5 x1.4 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Stephanite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A significant specimen of the rare silver mineral, Stephanite. This RAZOR SHARP cluster is composed of lustrous hexagonal crystals up to 1 cm in length. Such good crystallization and definition is uncommon, and these crystals are even slightly hoppered for added geometric complexity. An important and aesthetic thumbnail that is competition quality and would fit in any top collection. It is fullsized, 3-dimensional, and imposing visually in person. One of my favorites in the collection!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",433,600,{"id":244,"source_url":245,"license_code":246,"credit_html":247,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":218,"original_height":234},30748,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F115123","CC BY 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F115123\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology, TalTech\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",{"id":249,"source_url":250,"license_code":223,"credit_html":251,"title":252,"description":240,"author":227,"original_width":253,"original_height":242},22794,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10451206","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10451206\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stephanite-LTH34C.JPG",459,{"id":255,"source_url":256,"license_code":216,"credit_html":257,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":218,"original_height":234},30749,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61871","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61871\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",{"id":259,"source_url":260,"license_code":223,"credit_html":261,"title":262,"description":263,"author":227,"original_width":228,"original_height":264},22795,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10466954","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10466954\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stephanite-tn56a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStephanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Stephanite\">Stephanite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Solar Mine, Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 1.8 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Stephanite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From this great poly-metallic ore deposit, this particular, lustrous, metallic gray, silver sulfosalt displays euhedral faces of hexagonal form and displays wonderfully - its just very hard to show. The lustre is bright and in person, its quite a pretty piece. Good stephanite is rarer than pyrargyrite. HARD TO PHOTO - TRUST ME, BETTER IN PERSON!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",340,{"id":266,"source_url":267,"license_code":216,"credit_html":268,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":218,"original_height":269},30750,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61775","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61775\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",749,{"id":271,"source_url":272,"license_code":223,"credit_html":273,"title":274,"description":275,"author":276,"original_width":277,"original_height":278},22798,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=147381271","HolDu, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=147381271\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stephanit (OM1-364A).JPG","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStephanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Stephanite\">Stephanite\u003C\u002Fa> (outdated „Sprödglaserz“) Ag\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>SbS\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Himmelsfürst Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Weight: 28.086 g\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","HolDu",5184,3888,{"id":280,"source_url":281,"license_code":223,"credit_html":282,"title":283,"description":284,"author":227,"original_width":285,"original_height":286},22791,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151244","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151244\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stephanite-176709.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStephanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Stephanite\">Stephanite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Husky Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FElsa\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Elsa\">Elsa\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGalena_Hill,_California\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Galena Hill, California\">Galena Hill\u003C\u002Fa>, Mayo Mining District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FYukon\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Yukon\">Yukon Territory\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-10746.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.7 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These specimens were collected in 1977 by Joe Weinholtzner, and this mine is now completely non-operational. This uniquely colorful stephanite crystal group has a beautiful iridescent coating creating an array of pinks, blues and greens.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",271,576,{"id":288,"source_url":289,"license_code":216,"credit_html":290,"title":291,"description":292,"author":293,"original_width":294,"original_height":295},22796,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=147051476","Kritzolina, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=147051476\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stetefeldtite and Stephanite 01.jpg","Stetefeldtite and Stephanite from Belmont, Nevada, USA","Kritzolina",5168,3445,{"id":297,"source_url":298,"license_code":216,"credit_html":299,"title":300,"description":292,"author":293,"original_width":301,"original_height":302},22797,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=147051477","Kritzolina, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=147051477\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stetefeldtite and Stephanite 02.jpg",4891,3261,{"id":228,"source_url":304,"license_code":223,"credit_html":305,"title":306,"description":307,"author":227,"original_width":308,"original_height":309},"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175864","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175864\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aguilarite-Stephanite-122219.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAguilarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aguilarite\">Aguilarite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStephanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Stephanite\">Stephanite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: San Carlos Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLa_Luz,_New_Mexico\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:La Luz, New Mexico\">La Luz\u003C\u002Fa>, Municipio de Guanajuato, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGuanajuato\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Guanajuato\">Guanajuato\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2325.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 1.3 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An excellent and showy old-time thumbnail specimen of sharp, lustrous aguilarite and stephanite crystals from the famous San Carlos Mine at Guanajuato, Mexico. The specimen would have to be X-rayed to distinguish between these two silver sulfosalts. Ex. George Elling Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",251,300,{"id":311,"source_url":312,"license_code":223,"credit_html":313,"title":314,"description":307,"author":227,"original_width":315,"original_height":309},401,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175866","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175866\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aguilarite-Stephanite-122220.jpg",262,{"id":317,"source_url":318,"license_code":223,"credit_html":319,"title":320,"description":321,"author":322,"original_width":323,"original_height":324},1467,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=8890242","Didier Descouens, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=8890242\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Ankerite-Pyragyrite-Stephanite.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAnkerite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"fr:Ankerite\">Ankerite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPyrargyrite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"fr:Pyrargyrite\">Pyrargyrite\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStephanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"fr:Stephanite\">Stephanite\u003C\u002Fa> (View 1.5cm)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Grube Gnade Gottes, St Andreasberg, Revier St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Didier Descouens",3813,2355,{"id":326,"source_url":327,"license_code":328,"credit_html":329,"title":330,"description":331,"author":332,"original_width":333,"original_height":334},22819,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118198779","CC BY-SA 2.0","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118198779\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stephanite with Polybasite, Sternbergite, and Andorite (48603254356).jpg","\u003Cp>Beaverdell Mine - Beaverdell\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nBritish Columbia, Canada","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada",6000,4000,{"id":336,"source_url":337,"license_code":223,"credit_html":338,"title":339,"description":340,"author":227,"original_width":341,"original_height":342},74841,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10447150","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10447150\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Calcite-Polybasite-Stephanite-denv08-22a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Calcite\">Calcite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPolybasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Polybasite\">Polybasite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStephanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Stephanite\">Stephanite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Judas Shaft, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 8.8 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Polybasite with Calcite and Stephanite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A MAJOR, IMPORTANT specimen of Mexican silver species, with sharp polybasite crystals that are literally the size and aspect of Swiss hematites, so robust that I actually DID fall for the trick when shown the piece (at double this price to get me warmed up for a killer) AS a Swiss hematite. I made some fumbling comment about how I could not sell Swiss hematites in the US so well, but I thought the calcite so neat and unusual, like dhte contrast, and well...my source got me. Apparently the piece turned up at a small show, having come directly from a miner in Mexico up to the show and missing the normal channels such major pieces often get funnelled into. The calcite is a wonderful accent, and I cannot ever recall seeing another Mexican specimen of polybasite with such sheer , amazing contrast. Visually, this leaps out. The sparkling drusy calcite highlights the metallic, lustrous blades so nicely. Small barrel-like stephanites are in association as well (on the back), according to Dr. Terry Wallace who examined the specimen for me at the Denver show. He confirmed for me that the piece came from this small shaft adjoining two slightly different deposits, an aberration which is the reason why you have the calcite and the polybasite in the same place at the same time...normally not seen. This is an important Mexican specimen, and an important silver species specimen. If i can presume, I will say that 10 years ago it would have been quickly sold into the Miguel Romero collection at any price, and fit right in with his museum-level Mexican silver species suite which I have recently acuired fom the University of Arizona Science Center .\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",758,384,{"id":344,"source_url":345,"license_code":223,"credit_html":346,"title":347,"description":340,"author":227,"original_width":228,"original_height":348},74842,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10447151","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10447151\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Calcite-Polybasite-Stephanite-denv08-22b.jpg",356,[350,356],{"id":351,"url":352,"label":353,"formula":354,"spacegroup":355,"year":205},13119,"\u002Fcif\u002F13119.cif","Leitl 2009","Sb Ag5 S4","C m c 21",{"id":357,"url":358,"label":359,"formula":354,"spacegroup":355,"year":194},13120,"\u002Fcif\u002F13120.cif","Ribar 1970",[361,362,363,364,365,366,367,368,369,370,371,372,373,374,375,376,377,378,379,380,381,382,383,384,385],"Antimonsilberglanz","Argent fragile","Argent noir","Argent sulfuré fragile","Argento mineralisatum nigrum","Argentum mineralisatum nigrum","Black Silver","Brittle Silver Ore","Goldschmidtine","Melane-glance","Melanglance","Melanglanz","Plata agria","Prismatischer Melanglanz","Psaturose","Röschwächs","Rosicler negro","Schwarzgülden (of Wallerius)","Schwarzgültigerz","Schwarzsilberglanz","Sprödes Silberglanzerz (of Emmerling)","Sprödglanzerz","Stephaniet","Svartgylden","Tigererz",[387,392,396,400,405,409,412,416,420,424,428,432,436,439,443,446,450,453,456],{"lang":388,"names":389},"ca",[390,391],"estefanita","stephanita",{"lang":393,"names":394},"de",[372,395],"Stephanit",{"lang":397,"names":398},"el",[399],"στεφανίτης",{"lang":401,"names":402},"es",[403,373,377,404],"Estefanita","Stephanita",{"lang":406,"names":407},"et",[408],"stefaniit",{"lang":410,"names":411},"eu",[404],{"lang":413,"names":414},"fa",[415],"استفانیت",{"lang":417,"names":418},"fr",[362,363,375,419],"Stéphanite",{"lang":421,"names":422},"it",[423,7],"Stefanite",{"lang":425,"names":426},"ja",[427],"脆銀鉱",{"lang":429,"names":430},"nb",[431],"stephanitt",{"lang":433,"names":434},"nl",[435],"stefaniet",{"lang":437,"names":438},"nn",[431],{"lang":440,"names":441},"pl",[442,395],"Stefanit",{"lang":444,"names":445},"pt",[403],{"lang":447,"names":448},"ru",[449],"Стефанит",{"lang":451,"names":452},"sk",[442,395],{"lang":454,"names":455},"sv",[442],{"lang":457,"names":458},"uk",[459],"Стефаніт","Q420531",{"history":11,"applications":11}]