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Proustite from
Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany


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Proustite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Proustite, etc.

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Proustite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Proustite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Proustite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
04117140017272000845442.jpg
Proustite, etc.

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
02364880017272000876800.jpg
Proustite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Proustite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Proustite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
04117140017272000845442.jpg
Proustite, etc.

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
02364880017272000876800.jpg
Proustite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Proustite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Proustite
Formula:Ag3AsS3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Xanthoconite2
Arsenolamprite2
Fettelite1
Löllingite1
Calcite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Proustite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8890
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8890:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Proustite
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘGnade Gottes Mine, Nieder-Modau, Ober-Ramstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
61.5km (38.2 miles) ⓘWeiße Grube, Imsbach, Winnweiler, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
62.2km (38.7 miles) ⓘReich Geschiebe Mine, Imsbach, Winnweiler, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
71.2km (44.3 miles) ⓘAlter Mann & Roter Küppel Mines, Langhecke, Villmar, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
73.3km (45.6 miles) ⓘMehlbach Mine, Laubuseschbach, Weilmünster, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
90.1km (56.0 miles) ⓘMarl pit, Untergruppenbach, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
References
Nickel, E., and Fettel, M. (1985): Odenwald. Sammlung geologischer Führer Vol. 65, 2nd ed., Bornträger (Berlin, Stuttgart), 231 pp.
Burisch, Mathias; Gerdes, Axel; Walter, Benjamin F.; Neumann, Udo; Fettel, Michael; Markl, Gregor (2017) Methane and the origin of five-element veins: Mineralogy, age, fluid inclusion chemistry and ore forming processes in the Odenwald, SW Germany. Ore Geology Reviews, 81. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.10.033
 
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