Pearceite
Pearceite is a rare silver copper arsenic antimony sulfide and a member of the Pearceite Group. It is also part of the Pearceite-Polybasite series. Discovered in 1896 at the type locality: Mollie Gibson Mine (Molly Gibson Mine), Aspen, Aspen District (Roaring Fork District), Pitkin Co., Colorado, USA. Pearceite was named for Dr. Richard Pearce, a chemist and metallurgist from Denver, Colorado, USA.
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- JWL14A-31
- Pearceite With Wire Silver and Acanthite on Quartz
- $3,200.00
- Miniature, 3.6 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
- Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
- (4 more images)
- RARE15-037
- Pearceite With Argentite (Acanthite)
- Thumbnail, 1.25 x 0.75 x 0.75 cm
- Seikoshi Mine, Toi-cho, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
- (3 more images)
SOLD
- MD-201711
- Pearceite-T2Ac
- Miniature, 4.4 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm
- Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
- (1 more images)
SOLD
- ROMERO-35
- Pearceite
- Miniature, 4.5 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
- Guanajuato, Mexico
- (3 more images)
SOLD
- BEM-62
- Pearceite
- Miniature, 3.6 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
- Niehart, Cascade County, Montana, USA
- (2 more images)
SOLD
- 4JG57
- Pearceite
- Thumbnail, 1.5 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
- Star West Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
SOLD