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Xanthoconite & Proustite

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Xanthoconite & Proustite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Imiter Mine, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Fantastic small brown xanthoconite micro crystals with blood red proustite crystals on silver rich ore matrix. 

Very beautiful combination of the very rare silver minerals. Wonderful specimen under the 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