Detailed information
Species
Dyscrasite, Proustite, Native Arsenic
Dimensions
20 x 42 x 16
mm
Weight
24 g
Locality
Freiberg Erzgebirge, Saxony Germany
Condition
No recorded repairs
This miniature specimen from the famous historic silver mining town of Freiberg in Saxony, Germany is dominated by layered botryoidal colloform aggregates of dull dark grey Native Arsenic upon which a very thin finely crystallized layer of Dyscrasite is developed. Coarser crystallized glossy to resinous deep purple-red Prousite is also present, but as fractured crystal surfaces. Rare material from this famous old silver mining district.