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Proustite & Xanthoconite

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Proustite & Xanthoconite

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Description
Locality: 
Anton Mine, Heubach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Cherry-red proustite crystals with orange-red xanthoconite crystals on matrix

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