Stromeyerite (old - rare locale)

Zmeinogorsk Mine, Rudnyi Altai, Russia
Miniature, 4.4 x 3.1 x 4.5 cm
Start Time: 01/11/2013 12:00:00 am (CST)
End Time: 01/17/2013 6:42:37 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Stromeyerite is an uncommon Ag-Cu sulfosalt and is quite rare, worldwide, in specimens. Moderately lustrous to matte-finish crusts of blue-gray to gray stromeyerite cover the front and three sides of this extremely rich ore specimen. This old massive volcanogenic sulfide deposit was developed from 1745-1871 and examples of ANY species are RARE from here. A historic and rich miniature, that comes with four labels. Value??

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