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POLYBASITE [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Gold and Silver Mining
  • Economic Geology
DEF

A natural silver sulfantimonide ...

OBS

... color steel gray to iron black; streak black; luster metallic; hardness 2 to 3; specific gravity 6.0 to 6.2 ... An ore of silver.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Mines d'or et d'argent
  • Géologie économique
CONT

Il est difficile de la distinguer [de la stéphanite]. Les cristaux ont un habitus pratiquement hexagonal [...] avec un clivage facile [...] Mais les cristaux bien individualisés sont rares. La teinte en est le noir intense, la poussière également, d = 2,5, très fragile, assez dense [...] la polybasite admet des remplacements limités [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
  • Minas de oro y de plata
  • Geología económica
DEF

Antimoniosulfuro de plata y cobre [...] que cristaliza en el sistema monoclínico [...]

OBS

[La polibasita] se encuentra en forma de tabletas hexagonales, de brillo metálico, muy oscuras, que contienen dos terceras partes de plata.

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