page_title: Samsonite (mineral)
hierarchical_section_title: Samsonite (mineral)
caption_attribution_description: English: Samsonite (Size: 1mm x 1mm x 1mm) Locality: Samson Mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz, Germany Deutsch: Samsonit (Größe: 1mm x 1mm x 1mm) Fundort: Grube Samson, St. Andreasberg, Harz, Deutschland
context_page_description: 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 named in 1910 after an occurrence in the Samson Vein of the Sankt Andreasberg silver mines, Harz Mountains, Germany.
context_section_description: 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 named in 1910 after an occurrence in the Samson Vein of the Sankt Andreasberg silver mines, Harz Mountains, Germany.
caption: Samsonite crystal from its type locality Samson Mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz, Germany
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