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Proustite

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Proustite

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Description
Locality: 
Imiter Mine, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 5.5 × 6 cm
Description

Lustrous and gemmy, ruby-red proustite crystals on good contrasting white matrix of this showy specimen from finds at the Imiter Mine of Morocco.
This is a fine specimen of the sought-after silver sulfosalt.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

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