AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Miargyrite with Pyrargyrite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 39827 |
Mineral: | Miargyrite with Pyrargyrite |
Locality: | San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna District, Huancavelica, Peru |
Description: | Flattened platy metallic miargyrite crystals on one face of massive miargyrite matrix with fragments of milky quartz included on the side. Under magnification translucent red pyrargyrite microcrystals are visible on the miargyrite terminations. |
Overall Size: | 3x2.5x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 3 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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