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Claudetite Proustite & Arsenolite

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Claudetite Proustite & Arsenolite

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Description
Locality: 
Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 2.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Colourless long-prismatic claudetite  crystals, clear arsenolite crystals, small deep red proustite crystals

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Claudetite

Formula: 
As2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
São Domingos Mine, Corte do Pinto, Mértola, Beja District, Portugal

Proustite

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

Arsenolite

Formula: 
As2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.50
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany