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Xanthoconite

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Xanthoconite

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Description
Locality: 
Alte Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Kleinvoigtsberg, Freiberg District, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 2.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

Sparkly, dark red clusters of xanthoconite crystals scattered amidst blades of a two-toned barite matrix. Quite scarce material!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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