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Argentite

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San Juan de Rayas Mine (Rayas Mine; Reyes Mine), Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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Italian name for:Acanthite


The name 'argentite' refers to the high-temperature form of silver sulphide, only stable over 177 degrees C. Under this temperature any samples of 'argentite' convert to acanthite.

The name argentite is therefore used (confusingly) by some to describe pseudo-cubic crystals of silver sulphide (acanthite) where the original crystal form of the high-temperature argentite has remained. The correct way to label such specimens is "acanthite, pseudo-cubic."

References for Argentite

Reference List:Ramsdell (1925), American Mineralogist: 10: 286.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 834pp.: 176-178.

Dana's New Mineralogy, 8th Edition (1997) by Gaines, et.al, p. 42.

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