Sternbergite

Sternbergite

Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Sternbergite, etc.

Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Sternbergite

Shaft 366, Alberoda, Aue-Bad Schlema, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Sternbergite

Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Sternbergite, etc.

Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Sternbergite

Shaft 366, Alberoda, Aue-Bad Schlema, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Sternbergite

Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Sternbergite, etc.

Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

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Kaspar Maria von Sternberg

Formula:

AgFe₂S₃

Colour:

Golden brown, tarnishes violet-blue

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

1 - 1½

Specific Gravity:

4.101 - 4.215

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Name:

Named after Count Caspar Maria Sternberg (1761-1838), botanist and a founder of the National Museum of Prague (Czech Republic).

Type Locality:

ⓘ Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Dimorph of:

Argentopyrite

A rare mineral occurring in Pinchbeck brown (yellowish brown with metallic lustre), flexible(!), mm-sized tabular crystals. It and its dimorph argentopyrite are often pseudomorphed to iron oxides which collapse to dust when poked with a needle. On the way to the oxide replacements, partial pseudomorphs of pyrite or marcasite after either dimorph confused early workers.

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Australia
Queensland Cloncurry Shire Kuridala ⓘ Silver Phantom Mine ?	Alan Melbournes collection
Mareeba Shire ⓘ Montalbion Mine	Harris, D.L., Lottermoser, B.G., Duchesne, J. (2003) Ephemeral acid mine drainage at the Montalbion silver mine, north Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 50(5), 797-809.
McKinlay Shire McKinlay ⓘ Cannington Mine (South32 Cannington)	USGS Open-File Report 2009-1252 Sediment-hosted zinc-lead deposits of the world - Database and grade and tonnage models
Austria
Carinthia Spittal an der Drau District Reißeck Kolbnitz ⓘ Preisdorf forest	Pichler, A. (2009) Bergbau in Westkärnten, Eine Bestandsaufnahme der noch sichtbaren Merkmale der historischen Bergbaue in Westkärnten. Verlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Sonderheft 63, 416 pages [in German].
Tyrol Innsbruck-Land District Axams ⓘ Knappenhof ?	Vavtar, F. (1995): Erzmikroskopische Untersuchungen an Silberpentlanditen der Cu-Fe-Erzparagenese von Axams (Stubaikristallin, Tirol, Österreich). Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 20, 313-334.
Canada
British Columbia Greenwood Mining Division Beaverdell ⓘ Highland Bell Mine	[MinRec 1989]
Nunavut Itchen Lake Izok Lake ⓘ Izok Lake deposit	Canadian Mineralogist (1984) 22, 493-498
China
Guangdong Zhanjiang Lianjiang Co. ⓘ Pangxidong-Jinshan Ag-Au deposit	Zuwei Wang and Yongzhang Zhou (2002): Geotectonica et Metallogenia 26(2), 193-197
Inner Mongolia Hulunbuir City (Hulunbei'er Prefecture) New Barag Right Banner (Xin Barag Youqi) ⓘ Eren Tolgoi Ag-Au deposit (Erentaoleigai Ag-Au deposit; Erentaolegai Ag-Au deposit)	Dong Zhensheng et al. (1996). In: Tu Guangzhi, Ed.: Low Temperature Geochemistry, Science Press (Beijing), 32-42.
Jiangxi Shangrao Wannian Co. ⓘ Hujiajian Ag-Au deposit (Wannian Ag-Au deposit)	Dong Zhensheng et al. (1996). In: Tu Guangzhi, Ed.: Low Temperature Geochemistry, Science Press (Beijing), 32-42.
Liaoning Yingkou Gaizhou City ⓘ Zhaojiapuzi Au deposit	Qinghua Xu, Yanlong Wang, Haiquan Zhao, and Yulan Qiao (2014): Northwestern Geology 47(2), 164-171
Shanxi Datong Lingqiu County ⓘ Mapo-Shanshenmiao Mn-Ag deposit	Qingrong Zheng, Xinjun Zhang, and Erhu Sun (2012): Resources & Industries 14(2), 106-111
ⓘ Zhijiadi Mine	Jin Chen and Yuelin Tang (1993): Geology and Prospecting 29(11), 16-22, 28; Shaozhi Zhou (1999): Geology and Prospecting 35(3), 6-8, 23; Shuchen Li and Lixia Zhou (2008): Geology and Prospecting 44(3), 18-21; Liu, T., Xiong, S. F., Jiang, S. Y., Li, H. L., Chen, Q. Z., & Jiang, H. (2017). Genesis of the Zhijiadi Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, central North China Craton: constraints from fluid inclusions and stable isotope data. Geofluids, 2017.
Czech Republic
Central Bohemian Region Příbram District Březové Hory ore region (Birkenberg) ⓘ Březové Hory deposit	Škácha P., Sejkora J., Litochlebová E., Litochleb J. (2007): Sternbergite in the association with Ag-sulphides, the Březové Hory ore deposit, Příbram (Czech Republic). Bull mineral-petrolog Odd Nár Muz (Praha) 13: 207-210 (in Czech)
Háje ⓘ Uranium Mine No. 21 (Shaft No. 21)	C.Auer (2016)
Karlovy Vary Region Karlovy Vary District ⓘ Jáchymov (TL)	Am Min 54 (1969), 1198
ⓘ Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine)	https://www.mindat.org/photo-782667.html https://www.mindat.org/photo-779279.html https://www.mindat.org/photo-741553.html https://www.mindat.org/photo-1048655.html https://www.mindat.org/photo-1010085.html
ⓘ Junghäuerzecher vein	http://www.jgeosci.org/content/JCGS2003_3-4__veselovsky2.pdf
Ústí nad Labem Region Chomutov District ⓘ Měděnec	No reference listed
ⓘ Magnetite Mine	- Hyrsl, J. & Korbel, P. (2009): Tschechien & Slowakei, Mineralien und Fundstellen. Page 60-75.
Teplice District Moldava ⓘ Moldava deposit	No reference listed
Finland
Pirkanmaa Ylöjärvi ⓘ Ylöjärvi Cu-W mine	Clark Alan H. & Taylor, L. A. 1970. Sternbergite from Ylöjärvi, Finland. Occurrence and stability. Economic Geology 65 (1), 54-59
France
Brittany Finistère Châteaulin Laz ⓘ Plessis quarry	http://www.micromineral.org/collec_ENSMP/ensmp-oct2003/Rech_france_oct2003.pdf
Lorraine Vosges District de La-Croix-aux-Mines La-Croix-aux-Mines La Croix-aux-Mines mines ⓘ St Marc vein	J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994
Germany
Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Region Lörrach Wieden ⓘ Tannenboden Mine	Walenta, K. (1992) Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes und ihre Fundstellan. Christian Weise Verlag, München, 336 pages [in German].
Bavaria Upper Palatinate Neustadt an der Waldnaab District Waidhaus Hagendorf ⓘ Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Shaft; Hagendorf South Open Cut)	http://www.berthold-weber.de/h_miner.htm
Hesse Darmstadt Darmstadt-Dieburg Mühltal Nieder-Beerbach ⓘ Glasberg quarry
Lower Saxony Goslar District Braunlage ⓘ St Andreasberg	No reference listed
North Rhine-Westphalia Arnsberg Hochsauerlandkreis Bestwig ⓘ Ramsbeck	Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Saxony Erzgebirgskreis Bärenstein ⓘ St Johannis Mine	Baumann, L., Kuschka, E. and Seifert, T. (2000): Lagerstätten des Erzgebirges. Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 170-176
ⓘ Johanngeorgenstadt	Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Marienberg Lauta ⓘ Vater Abraham Mine ("Shaft 139"; Shaft 152)	Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Schneeberg Neustädtel ⓘ Sauschwart Mine	Lapis 30(7/8):41-70 (2005)
ⓘ Wolfgang Maaßen mines	Lapis 30(7/8):41-70 (2005)
Schwarzenberg ⓘ Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine	Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Wolkenstein Gehringswalde ⓘ Palmbaum Mine (Shaft 46)	Ramdohr, Paul, 1969, The Ore Minerals and their Intergrowths, Pergamon Press, p. 371.
Mittelsachsen ⓘ Freiberg	Naumann, Zirkel: "Elemente der Mineralogie", 10th Ed., Leipzig (1898)
Hungary
Pest County Szob District Márianosztra ⓘ Nagyirtáspuszta	Szakáll & Jánosi. Minerals of Hungary, 1995
Japan
Aomori Prefecture Kamikita District ⓘ Kamikita mine	Dr. Matsuo Nambu collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)
Hokkaidō Prefecture Ishikari Subprefecture Chitose City ⓘ Chitose mine	Yamada, S. (2004) Nihonsan-koubutsu Gojuon-hairetsu Sanchi-ichiranhyou (111 pp.)
Kagoshima Prefecture Suzuyama mining district ⓘ Yunoura mine (Yunagano mine)	Matsukuma, T. (1962) Journal of the Mining College, Akita University, Ser. A, 2, #2, 20-59.
Miyazaki Prefecture Hyuga City ⓘ Ouchi mine	T. Matsukuma (1958)
Kazakhstan
East Kazakhstan Kurshim ⓘ Manka Au deposit	Глоба В.А. Месторождение Манка - новый геолого-промышленный тип месторождений золота. // Изв. НАН РК, Сер. геол. 2006, 5(403), с.20-28.
Mexico
Hidalgo Pachuca Municipality ⓘ Pachuca de Soto (Pachuca)	Panczner(1987): 360.
Mexico Temascaltepec Municipality Temascaltepec de González (Temascaltepec) ⓘ Guitarra Mine	Camprubi, A., Canals, A., Cardellach, E., Prol-Ledesma, R.M., Rivera, R., 2001, The La Guitarra Ag-Au low-sulfidation epithermal deposit, Temascaltepec district, Mexico: vein structure, mineralogy, and sulfide-sulfosalt chemistry. Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication, v. 8, p. 133-158.
Morocco
Drâa-Tafilalet Region Tinghir Province Tinghir Cercle ⓘ Imiter Mine	Barral, J.-P., Favreau, G. and Lheur, C. (2008). La mine d'argent d'Imiter (Maroc) - Géologie, histoire exploitation et description des espèces minérales. Le Cahier des Micromonteurs 3/2008, 1-110. (in French)
Souss-Massa Region Taroudant Province Taliouine Cercle Askaouen Caïdat Jebel Siroua ⓘ Zgounder Mine	Petruk, W. (1975). Mineralogy and geology of the Zgounder silver deposit in Morocco. The Canadian Mineralogist, 13(1), 43-54.
Nigeria
Plateau Jos Plateau ⓘ Kishesha lead silver mine	Wolfgang Hampel, site visit /studies November 2007
Norway
Buskerud Kongsberg Overberget Mining Field ⓘ Gottes Hülfe in der Not Mine (Gottes Hülfe Mine) ?	Brünnich, M. L. (1777): Forsøg til Mineralogie for Norge. Priskrift, Trondhjem, p. 22; Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p 23
ⓘ Kongens Mine ?	Brünnich, M. L. (1777): Forsøg til Mineralogie for Norge. Priskrift, Trondhjem, p. 22; Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p. 23
Underberget Mining Field ⓘ Fräulein Christiane Mine ?	Cronstedt, A.F.(1758): Försök til en Mineralogie, eller Mineralrikets Uppstälning. Stockholm 1758; Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68 p. 23).
ⓘ Kongsberg silver mining district	Johnsen, O. (1986): Famous mineral localities: The Kongsberg silver Mines Norway. Mineralogical Record, 17: 19-35
Nordland Hemnes Bleikvasslia ⓘ Bleikvassli Mine ?	Cook, N.J., Spry, P.G., and Vokes, F.M. (1998): Mineralogy and textural relationships among sulphosalts and related minerals in the Bleikvassli Zn-Pb-(Cu) deposit, Nordland, Norway. Mineralium Deposita 34, 35-56
Peru
Cajamarca Celendín Province Lucmapampa ⓘ Michiquillay Cu-Au-Mo deposit	Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
Poland
Lower Silesian Voivodeship Jelenia Góra County ⓘ Kowary (Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge)	Mochnacka, K., Oberc-Dziedzic, T., Mayer, W., & Pieczka, A. (2015). Ore mineralization related to geological evolution of the Karkonosze–Izera Massif (the Sudetes, Poland)—Towards a model. Ore Geology Reviews, 64, 215-238.
Romania
Maramureș Baia Mare Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya) ⓘ Herja Mine ?	Papp, Gábor, Alan J. Criddle, Chris J. Stanley, László Kriston and Géza Nagy (2007): Parajamesonite revisited: background of the discreditation of an enigmatic mineral species. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 100, 495-502.
Russia
Kamchatka Krai ⓘ Mutnovskoe	[Der Aufschluss 1995:4 p163-180]; Okrugin, V. M. (2004). Miocene to Quaternary center volcanic, hydrothermal and ore-forming activity in the Southern Kamchatka. In Metallogeny of the Pacific Northwest (Russian Far East)-Tectonics, Magmatism and Metallogeny of Active Continental Margin, Interim IAGOD Conference, Excursion Guidebook, Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 2004 (pp. 147-176).
ⓘ Rodnikovoe	[Der Aufschluss 1995:4 p.163-180]; Okrugin, V. M. (2004). Miocene to Quaternary center volcanic, hydrothermal and ore-forming activity in the Southern Kamchatka. In Metallogeny of the Pacific Northwest (Russian Far East)-Tectonics, Magmatism and Metallogeny of Active Continental Margin, Interim IAGOD Conference, Excursion Guidebook, Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 2004 (pp. 147-176).
Krasnoyarsk Krai Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin ⓘ Gulinskii massif (Guli)	Sorokhtina, N. V., Kogarko, L. N., Zaitsev, V. A., Kononkova, N. N., & Asavin, A. M. (2019). Sulfide Mineralization in the Carbonatites and Phoscorites of the Guli Massif, Polar Siberia, and Their Noble-Metal Potential. Geochemistry International, 57(11), 1125-1146.
Magadan Oblast Omsukchansky District ⓘ Ducat ore field	Makshakov, A.S.; Kravtsova, R.G.; Tatarinov, V.V. (2019) Lithochemical Stream Sediments of the Dukat Gold–Silver Ore-Forming System (North–East of Russia). Minerals 9, 789.
ⓘ Rogovik deposit	Kravtsova, R. & Tauson, Vladimir & Pal'yanova, Galina & Makshakov, Artem & Pavlova, L. (2017). Specific Composition of Native Silver from the Rogovik Au-Ag Deposit, Northeastern Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits. 59. 10.1134/S1075701517050038.
ⓘ Ulakhan deposit	Savva, N. E., & Pal’yanova, G. A. (2007). Genesis of gold and silver sulfides at the Ulakhan deposit (northeastern Russia). Russian Geology and Geophysics, 48(10), 799-810.
Primorsky Krai Dalnegorsk Urban District ⓘ Dalnegorsk	[MinRec 32:8]
ⓘ Maiskoe deposit	ROGULINA, L., MAKEEVA, T., PISKUNOV, Y. G., & SVESHNIKOVA, O. (2004). Первая находка платиноидов в рудах Майского золото-серебряного месторождения (Дальнегорск, Приморье).
ⓘ Sinancha Sn deposit	Dobrovol’skaya, M.G., Genkin, A.D., Bortnikov, N.S., and Golovanova, T.I. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(1), 75-85.
Spain
Castile-La Mancha Guadalajara ⓘ Hiendelaencina	Mineralogical Record, 23 (3), 241-249
ⓘ Santa Cecilia Mine	Jordi Fabre; Calvo, M. and Sevillano, E. (1995): Famous mineral localities: Hiendelaencina Guadalajara Prov. Spain. Mineralogical Record 23, 241-249.
Sweden
Örebro County Hällefors Grythyttan ⓘ Björkskogsnäs	Burke, E. A., & Zakrzewski, M. A. (1990). Herzenbergite and associated antimony minerals from Björkskogsnäs, Hällefors, Sweden. GFF, 112(1), 85-86.
Västerbotten County Skellefteå Skellefte mining district Boliden ⓘ Boliden Mine	No reference listed
UK
England Cumbria Eden Alston Moor Garrigill ⓘ Tynebottom Mine	Ixer, R.A. and Stanley, C.J. (1987): Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 46, 133-139.
USA
Arizona Cochise County Dos Cabezas Mountains Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District) Dos Cabezas LeRoy Mine group ⓘ LeRoy Mine (Le Roy Mine; Le Roy property)	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 381.
California Riverside Co. Crestmore ⓘ Crestmore quarries	Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 348.
Colorado Clear Creek Co. Georgetown District Silver Plume ⓘ Terrible Mine (Silver Ore; Baltimore; Johnny Bull; Silver Cloud; Pelican vein) ?	Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
Nevada Lander Co. ⓘ Reese River Mining District	NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
Storey Co. ⓘ Comstock Mining District	R&M 74:6 p380-390
New Mexico Catron Co. Mogollon Mountains ⓘ Mogollon Mining District	Northrop, 3rd rev. ed. (1996) Minerals of New Mexico
Grant Co. ⓘ Pinos Altos Mining District	Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd Rev. Ed., 1996
Socorro Co. ⓘ Spring Hill District	Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.