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Proustite & Xanthoconite

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Proustite & Xanthoconite

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Description
Locality: 
Imiter Mine, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 6.3 × 5 cm
Description

A very good and representative specimen packed with translucent deep cherry red proustite crystals on dark grey matrix of probably acanthite/Ag rich galena bearing quartz. There is also a lot of tiny small orange translucent crystals associated which i would ID as xanthoconite. This has been my collection specimen since 2005 - good display size, very rich and beautiful (as far as silver minerals can be considered beautiful ;-) ) specimen, unfortunately very hard to photograph.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

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

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

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Best regards Roger