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Proustite On Native Arsenic

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Proustite On Native Arsenic

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Description
Locality: 
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 3.6 × 2.2 cm
Description

Red proustite crystals on native arsenic

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