Sternbergite


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Stern´berg`ite


n. 1. (Min.) A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminæ varying in color from brown to black.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The main silver-bearing minerals include nature silver (Figure 4(c)), argentite, and acanthite, and minor freibergite and sternbergite are also reported [13].
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Sternbergite has been identified as n rare accessory mineral in the sulfide suite at the First Sovietskiy mine.
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Writing of a rare example of "Argentum (sulphureum) flexile" (= sternbergite) he said that "the only specimen in England is the one figured; it was found in Mr.
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