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Proustite On Arsenic

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Proustite On Arsenic

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 3 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.15cm
Description

Red coloured proustite crystals with intense lustre, filling vugs of black native from Schneeberg. Some damage is present.

Ex R. Dillen specimen. Found before 1979.

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

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