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Proustite Fluorite & Baryte

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Proustite Fluorite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 4.7 × 2.3 cm
Description

Glossy, cherry-red proustite crystals (twinned) with minor, very dark purple fluorite ('stinkfluss') on pinkish baryte.

No perfect crystals, but still a fine specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

Formula: 
Ag3AsS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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