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Imiterite & Proustite

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Imiterite & Proustite

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Description
Locality: 
Imiter Mine, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm
Description

Elongated imiterite crystals, most finely terminated are nicely perched on matrix but also rather freestanding in vugs associated with deep red proustite. Rare. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Imiterite

Formula: 
Ag2HgS2
Strunz: 
2.BD.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Djebel Saghro (Jbel Saghro), Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

Proustite

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