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Proustite

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Proustite

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Description
Locality: 
Vater Abraham Mine, Oberscheibe, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

A beatiful group of metalic bloodred proustite crystals in a vug of the matrix.

Good old time specimen - ex Prof. Gösswein collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

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