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Acanthite from
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu County, Datong, Shanxi, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Silverⓘ161 photos of Acanthite associated with Silver at this locality.
Calciteⓘ8 photos of Acanthite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Sphaleriteⓘ3 photos of Acanthite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Pyriteⓘ1 photo of Acanthite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Acanthite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Milky Quartzⓘ1 photo of Acanthite associated with Milky Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu County, Datong, Shanxi, China
Photo GalleryView Gallery (59 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:392014
Long-form Identifier:1:3:392014:5
GUID (UUID V4):c9dcedc9-5eae-40f1-bd87-e19a6cabcfbc
References
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colored arsenates (mostly adamite) from the Ojuela mine. The sterling pale purple example shown here costs...is about $615). Adamite, 2.2 cm, from the Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. Key’s Minerals specimen...fluorapatite/fluorite “combination” piece from the Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Obersachsen—i.e. Upper Saxony...rarity as time goes by. The Sauberg tin/tungsten mine closed for good when the Berlin Wall came down in...Fluorapatite and Fluorite, 2.3 cm, from the Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany. Key’s Minerals
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Windy Point Mine Humboldt Co. Nevada, USA This brassy Gold specimen from the Windy Point Mine in Nevada...enlargeable images, and bid online. 72011 Gold Red Ledge Mine (Bank Mining Company), Mack House Alleghany Mining...USA This foil of leafy Gold is from the Red Ledge Mine and should be considered a must for any serious... Crystallized Golds 72017 Gold Crystal Colorado Mine (Colorado Quartz Mine; Colorado Quartz claim) Colorado, Colorado...passion for California material, even though the mine is named the Colorado. With size qualifying it as
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long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite
 
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