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Proustite

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Proustite

with antique label
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

This is an old proustite specimen from the famous Sauberg Mine in Saxony, Germany.

Deep red intrergrown proustite with nice crystals in vugs of the quartz matrix.

Specimen comes with a beautiful old and handwritten "Mineralien-Niederlage, Freiberg" label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

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