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Xanthoconite & Proustite

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Xanthoconite & Proustite

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm
Description

Exceptional specimen hosting dozens of multi-faceted xanthoconite crystals and proustite on dolomite. 

Beautiful!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Proustite

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