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Proustite & Pyrargyrite

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Proustite & Pyrargyrite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Junction Mine, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm
Description

A beautiful snail trail of proustite and pyrargyrite track across a leached galena rich sulphide matrix , with a few micro silver wires. A great thumbnail for the location. Acquired in the Jose Rees Collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

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

Pyrargyrite

Formula: 
Ag3SbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal
Hardness: 
2.5
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