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Proustite

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Proustite

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Description
Locality: 
Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 4.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

Beautiful proustite associated with native arsenic and calcite from the famous Jachymov mining area, Czech Republic. 

Specimen is sawn on the back, comes with an old label. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

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