Info: Usually found in whole masses with red colour, its translucent and sometimes even transparent.
How to Recognize: When exposed to light in time becomes covered by dark silver alloy.
Found: Famous species of this mineral were found in Chanarcillo (Chille). Interesting species were found in Germany. In Czech Republic beautifull clear proustite is found manly in Jáchymovsko and Příbramsko.
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Crystal structure |
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Trigonal |
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Hardness |
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2,5 |
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Colour |
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Red |
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Shine |
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Diamond |