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Proustite & Quartz

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Proustite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.9 × 2.5 cm
Description

very well crystallized, cherry-red, lustrous, transparent proustite combined with quartz - on matrix

one side cut

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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