Canfieldite
sold- Locality
- Himmelsfürst Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
- Minerals
- Canfieldite
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- CT417
Small 1-2mm crystals of Canfieldite, rare silver tin sulfide, that contrast well against the light colored matrix. Canfieldite is in the Argyrodite group of minerals. From MINDAT: Named in 1893 by Samuel Lewis Penfield in honor of Frederick Alexander Canfield [April 7, 1849 Randolph, New Jersey, USA - July 3, 1926), of Dover, New Jersey, USA. Canfield was a mining engineer and mineral collector.