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Proustite On Native Arsenic

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Proustite On Native Arsenic

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
72.00gr
Description

Lustrous gemmy crystals of proustite of very intense blood-red or dark cherry-red colour, with well-exposed terminated crystals. The matrix is a heavy block of native arsenic. Found at Svornost, “The” super classic locality, because it is the oldest uranium mine in the world and the oldest mine still in use in Europe (source: Mindat).

It comes with an original label from Albert Van hee, who visited the mine in 1973. Ex Paul Van hee collection.

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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

Arsenic

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

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