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Proustite On Native Arsenic

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Proustite On Native Arsenic

ex Klaus Michael Pooch
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Description
Locality: 
Niederschlema, Bad Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.6 × 3.4 cm
Description

Dark red proustite crystals on arsenic. The specimen is etched. We obtained this nice specimen from Klaus Michael Pooch on arnsberg mineral show 2012.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

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

Arsenic

Formula: 
As
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Grey