AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Morocco > Proustite and Acanthite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 80811 |
Mineral: | Proustite and Acanthite |
Locality: | Mine d'Imider, 6.2 km ESE of Imiter, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco |
Description: | Rich specimen of lustrous transparent red proustite crystals to 2 mm with lustrous gray-metallic di-pyramidal acanthite crystals to 7 mm on translucent gray matrix. Proustite is a rare silver sulfosalt and should be shielded from UV-rich illumination. Ex. Miller #M2231 |
Overall Size: | 5x4x3 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 7 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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