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Xanthoconite & Proustite

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Xanthoconite & Proustite

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Description
Locality: 
Imiter Mine, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.2 × 2 cm
Description

This is a fantastic rich and beautiful specimen of red proustite crystals all over the specimen. More than two dozend orange to brown tabular xanthoconite crystals are sitting between the proustite.

Very beautiful under your lense or microscope !

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

Proustite

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