Flashcards: Silver minerals

Argyrodite is an uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral with formula Ag8GeS6.

Aguilarite is an uncommon sulfosalt mineral with formula Ag4SeS.

Chlorargyrite is the mineral form of silver chloride (AgCl).

Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals.

Sylvanite or silver gold telluride, (Ag,Au)Te2, is the most common telluride of gold.

Andoriteis a sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula PbAgSb3S6.

Allargentum is a mineral from the class of antimonides, superclass of sulfides and sulfosalts (sometimes ascribed to the natural elements and alloys class), with formula written as Ag1-xSbx, where x = 0.

Jalpaite is a rare copper silver sulfide mineral with formula Ag3CuS2.

Proustite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of; silver sulfarsenide, Ag3AsS3, known also as light red silver or ruby silver ore, and an important source of the metal.

Pyrargyrite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfantimonide, Ag3SbS3.

The mineral uytenbogaardtite, Ag3AuS2, is a soft, greyish white sulfide mineral, occurring in hydrothermal Au-Ag-quartz veins.

Acanthite is a form of silver sulfide with the chemical formula Ag2S.

Arquerite is a naturally occurring alloy of silver with mercury.

Bromyrite or bromargyrite is a natural mineral form of silver bromide found mainly in Mexico and Chile.

Iodyrite or iodargyrite is a natural mineral form of silver iodide.

Stromeyerite is a sulfide mineral of copper and silver, with the chemical formula AgCuS.

Samsonite is a silver manganese antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula Ag4MnSb2S6.

The silver antimonide mineral dyscrasite has the chemical formula Ag3Sb.

Moschellandsbergite is a rare isometric mineral made up of a silver-white amalgam of mercury and silver with the chemical makeup Ag2Hg3.

Boleite is a complex halide mineral with formula: KPb26Ag9Cu24(OH)48Cl62.

Argentopyrite is a moderately rare sulfide mineral with formula AgFe2S3.

Canfieldite is a rare silver tin sulfide mineral with formula: Ag8SnS6.

Chrisstanleyite, Ag2Pd3Se4, is a selenide mineral that crystallizes in high saline, acidic hydrothermal solution at low temperatures as part of selenide vein inclusions in and alongside calcite veins.

Crookesite is a selenide mineral composed of copper and selenium with variable thallium and silver.

Empressite is a mineral form of silver telluride, AgTe.

Fettelite is a mercury-sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula Ag16HgAs4S15.

Freibergite is a complex sulfosalt mineral of silver, copper, iron, antimony and arsenic with formula (Ag,Cu,Fe)12(Sb,As)4S13.

Freieslebenite is a sulfosalt mineral composed of antimony, lead, and silver.

Gabrielite is a rare thallium sulfosalt mineral with a chemical formula of Tl6Ag3Cu6(As,Sb)9S21 or Tl2AgCu2As3S7.

Hessite is a mineral form of disilver telluride (Ag2Te).

Krennerite is an orthorhombic gold telluride mineral which can contain a relatively small amount of silver in the structure.

Marrite (mar'-ite) is depicted by the chemical formula PbAgAsS3.

Miargyrite is a mineral, a sulfide of silver and antimony with the formula AgSbS2.

Pearceite is one of the four so-called "ruby silvers", pearceite Cu(Ag,Cu)6Ag9As2S11, pyrargyrite Ag3SbS3, proustite Ag3AsS3 and miargyrite AgSbS2.

The mineral petzite, Ag3AuTe2, is a soft, steel-gray telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity.

Polybasite is a sulfosalt mineral of silver, copper, antimony and arsenic.

Stephanite is a silver antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula: Ag5SbS4 It is composed of 68.

Stützite or stuetzite is a silver telluride mineral with formula: Ag5−xTe3 (with x = 0.24 to 0.36) or Ag7Te4.

Xanthoconite is a sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula Ag3AsS3.