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Proustite With Argentite

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Proustite With Argentite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
8 × 10 × 5.5 cm
Description

A fine slovakian classic from Banska Stiavnica (old german name "Schemnitz"): Silver ore specimen consisting of crystalline argentite, gangue matrix and red proustite. That's the type of ore which make some cities in the mining regions rich in medieval times.
Quite heavy and massive.
Weight: 866 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

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

Argentite

Renamed To: 

Acanthite

Formula: 
Ag2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.35
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

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