Argentite
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Argentite
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In mineralogy, argentite (from Latin argentum ' silver') is cubic silver sulfide (Ag2S), which can only exist at temperatures above 173 °C (343 °F), 177 °C (351 °F), or 179 °C (354 °F). When it cools to ordinary temperatures it turns into its monoclinic polymorph, acanthite. The International Mineralogical Association has decided to reject argentite as a proper mineral. The name "argentite" sometimes also refers to pseudomorphs of argentite: specimens of acanthite which still display some of the
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2023-04-04T00:23:13Z
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