AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Polybasite, Acanthite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 75304 |
Mineral: | Polybasite, Acanthite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite |
Locality: | Guanajuato Silver Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico |
Description: | Lustrous platy gray-metallic polybasite crystals to 4 mm with translucent rhombohedral calcite crystals to 4 mm, transparent colorless quartz crystals to 2 mm and yellow-metallic chalcopyrite microcrystals over (or replacing) acanthite crystals to 5 mm. Collected ca. 1995 |
Overall Size: | 30x16x12 mm |
Crystals: | micro to 4 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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