Samsonite (mineral)
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Samsonite is a silver manganese antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula Ag4MnSb2S6. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system with a typical slender radiating prismatic habit. It is metallic black to steel black with no cleavage and a brittle to conchoidal fracture. In thin fragments it appears reddish brown in transmitted light and also leaves a red streak. It is soft, Mohs hardness of 2.5, and has a specific gravity of 5.51.
It was first described in 1910 for an occcurrence in the Samson Vein of the Sankt Andreasberg silver mines, Harz Mountains, Germany.
[edit] References
- Palache, C., H. Berman, and C. Frondel (1944) Dana’s system of mineralogy, (7th edition), v. I, pp. 393–395
- Webmineral data
- Mindat with location data
- Mineral Data Publishing - PDF
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