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Proustite Calcite & Dolomite

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Proustite Calcite & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Specimen rich in Co-ore and a nice group of proustite crystals and some other spots with proustite. The close up has a FOV of 4x6 mm. The picture was Mindat Photo of the Day - 7th Oct 2012.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Proustite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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