the world mineral resources of silver ores are mainly located in russia mexico canada usa australia and peru major silver deposits can be grouped as following types 1 epithermal vein silver related to the mesozoic and cenozoic volcanic ore and subvolcanic rocks 2 porphyry silver type; 3 silver bearing massive sulfide deposit in …
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Get PricePyrargyrite is a silver antimony sulfide and proustite is a silver arsenic sulfide Proustite has a Mohs scale hardness of 2 to 2 5 Both species are rare with pyrargyrite a little more common and a slightly darker shade of red Unfortunately both these silver minerals are heat and light sensitive tending to darken when exposed to strong light
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Get PriceArgentiferous galena has a silver content that is often high enough for the galena to be mined as an ore of silver Some galena mines receive more revenue from their silver than from their lead production Argentiferous Galena The Silver Ore The typical specimen of galena is about 86 6% lead and 13 4% sulfur by weight
Get PriceIt is an ore of silver Similar to proustite but has a deeper red colour and is less translucent Forms in silver veins formed at low temperatures and is one of the last minerals to crystallize in the process of deposition Pyrite Pyrite has the formula FeS2 and a relative hardness of 7 It is iron pyrite Formed from cooling magma
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Get PriceThe main silver minerals are tetrahedrite Cu Fe Zn Ag 12 Sb 4 S 13 pyragyrite Ag 3 SbS 3 argentite Ag 2 S proustite Ag 3 AsS 3 and ceragyrite AgCl Australian silver occurs mainly in tetrahedrite or as coupled with antimony substitution in galena PbS
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Get PriceThe most notable examples of metallic luster in minerals are bornite chromite galena pyrite hematite magnetite chalcopyrite and chalcocite Native minerals such as copper gold and silver are also good examples of having metallic luster Not all minerals with metal in them will have a metallic luster
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Get PriceMineral Description Hematite is one of the most abundant minerals on Earth s surface and in the shallow crust It is an iron oxide with a chemical composition of Fe2O3 It is a common rock forming mineral found in sedimentary metamorphic and igneous rocks at locations throughout the world Hematite has an extremely variable appearance
Get Pricethe most common valuable minerals which may constitute rich silver ores include native silver; acanthite silver sulfide ; pyargyrite dark ruby silver or silver antimony sulfide ; proustite light ruby silver or silver arsenic sulfide ; stephanite brittle silver also a silver antimony sulfide ; polybasite also a silver antimony sulfide ; …
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Get PriceAssociated minerals included galena pyrite chalcopyrite silver and gold There is insufficient data to evaluate this site Montgomery County has no record of production of zinc Lead zinc and silver occurs in small quantities at the Montezuma Mine Walnut Mine Waterloo Mine and Minnesota Mine
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Get PriceYep It s a metalloid Do an image search for elemental silicon and you ll get plenty of pictures It has a very metallic luster 20 Reply SpaceXmars • 4 yr ago I have a very similar specimen and was told it was from the process of fusing railroad tracks together with thermite 7
Get PriceThe metal is found in the Earth s crust in the pure free elemental form native silver as an alloy with gold and other metals and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper gold lead and zinc refining Silver has long been valued as a precious metal
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