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Proustite Xanthoconite & Baryte

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Proustite Xanthoconite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Alte Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Kleinvoigtsberg, Freiberg District, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 6 × 2 cm
Description

Red proustite crystals with xanthoconite crystals on barite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

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

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White