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Freieslebenite is a sulfosalt mineral composed of antimony lead and silver. Sulfosalt minerals are complex sulfide minerals with the formula: AmBnSp. The formula of freieslebenite is AgPbSbS3. Freieslebenite was discovered in approximately 1773 in the Himmelsfurst mines of Freiberg Saxony Germany. The mineral was initially called Schilf-Glaserz; however in 1845 it was given the current name Freieslebenite after the Mining Commissioner of Saxony Johann Carl Freiesleben (1774–1846).

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