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Xanthoconite & Imiterite

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Xanthoconite & Imiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Imiter Mine, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 4.8 × 2.3 cm
Description

Fantastic small brown xanthoconite micro crystals with blood red proustite crystals on silver rich ore matrix. The specimen shows some small black imiterite crystals mostly on or with proustite. Very unusual combination of the very rare silver minerals. Wonderful specimen under the microscope!

Xanthoconite picture was published in mindat.org

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xanthoconite

Formula: 
Ag3AsS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Imiterite

Formula: 
Ag2HgS2
Strunz: 
2.BD.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Djebel Saghro (Jbel Saghro), Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco