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Silver & Proustite

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Description
Locality: 
Vater Abraham Mine, Oberscheibe, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Deep red crystallized proustite with dendritic silver on a arsenic matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Proustite

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