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Eugenite & Proustite

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Eugenite & Proustite

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Description
Locality: 
Bouismas Mine, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm
Description

Pale yellow metallic eugenite, XRD & EDS verified, with red proustite from the Bouismas mine, Morocco. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eugenite

Formula: 
Ag11Hg2
Strunz: 
1.AD.15c
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Sieroszowice Mine, Polkowice District, Legnica, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

Proustite

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