Argyrodite Gallery

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Argyrodite : Ag₈GeS₆
	Oruro Department, Bolivia This is a major specimen of huge import! It is a rare example of a large euhedral crystal of this species, and the style of crystallization was found apparently just once and long ago (pre-1940). It was part of a piece in the BMNH that Mark much admired and one day he asked the curator if they might have a small sample for him of this material. To ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 76630 View Count: 297
Argyrodite : Ag₈GeS₆
	Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Argyrodite pseudo-octahedral metallic gray crystals (up to 2 mm) on calcite. Ex Smithsonian Institution (chemically analyzed specimen).
© Van King	Photo ID: 198988 View Count: 241
Argyrodite : Ag₈GeS₆
	Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia 4.7 x 4.6 x 1.7 cm. Argyrodite is one of the rarer silver species, a sulfide with GERMANIUM as a main constituent! It usually occurs as small crystals in rounded ugly masses. Here we have SHARP, euhedral, lustrous crystals to about an INCH in size! This is an incredible specimen of a very rare species, from silver mining that predated the more ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 170093 View Count: 197
Argyrodite : Ag₈GeS₆
	Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Grey isometric crystals to a maximum size of 0.4 mm on Pyrargyrite. Robert Meyer specimen and photo.
© 2003 ROM	Photo ID: 14304 View Count: 725
Argyrodite : Ag₈GeS₆
	Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Picture width 2,5mm. Photographer and collection O. Dziallas.
© O. Dziallas	Photo ID: 37121 View Count: 479
Argyrodite : Ag₈GeS₆
	Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia 4.6 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm. An incredibly rich specimen of almost solid argyrodite, one of the rarest of silver species because of its association with germanium (Ag8GeS6). This rare silver, germanium, sulfide manifests here as "relatively beautiful" rosettes of black crystals atop massive, lustrous ore. The largest rosette is 1.5 cm across, although it ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 64360 View Count: 373
Argyrodite : Ag₈GeS₆
	Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Pseudo-octaedric crystals to 5 mm of Argyrodite from Colquechaca, Bolivia. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
© Knut Eldjarn	Photo ID: 149900 View Count: 172
Argyrodite : Ag₈GeS₆
	Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Width of field 0.5 mm. Collection of Jesse Crawford. Compositing software: CombineZP. Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope.
© 2008 Jesse Crawford	Photo ID: 190741 View Count: 92
Argyrodite : Ag₈GeS₆
	Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Argyrodite. Specimen is from the collection of David Wilber 1972. Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
	Photo ID: 217757 View Count: 60
Argyrodite : Ag₈GeS₆
	Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Argyrodite crystals. Specimen is from the collection of the Smithsonian Institute #85860, Washington DC. USA. Specimen was labeled Argyrodit-Canfieldite. Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
	Photo ID: 217756 View Count: 59