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Proustite

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Description
Locality: 
Bouismas Mine, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 6.8 × 4.5 cm
Weight: 
254.00gr
Description

A good size specimen of white and transparent crystallized calcite, covered by clusters of vivid cherry red and dark red proustite crystals with the best luster for the species. The crystals are unusually elongated and are present at the cavities of the matrix, following a fracture of the rock.

Acquired in 2009 in Bou Azzer to local miners.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

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

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