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Chañarcillo
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Chañarcillo is a town and mine in the Atacama Desert of Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile, located near Vallenar and 60 km from Copiapó. It is noted for its silver mining. The town grew after th
Chañarcillo train station in 1862
Chañarcillo train station in 1862
Proustite
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Proustite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfarsenide, Ag3AsS3, known also as ruby blende, light red silver, arsenic-silver blende or ruby silver ore, and an important source of the metal
Chañarcillo
…been replaced by cerargyrite, iodobromite, bromyrite, embolite, and iodyrite. In the supergene sulfide enriched zone, ore minerals include pearceite, proustite, tetrahedrite, polybasite, and pyrargyrite. Groups of large crystals have been found at Chañarcillo, including proustite, stephanite, chlorargyrite and…
Proustite 209739
Proustite 209739
Proustite (long prismatic crystal) – Chañarcillo, Copiapo Province, Chile. Specimen height is 4 cm.
Proustite (long prismatic crystal) – Chañarcillo, Copiapo Province, Chile. Specimen height is 4 cm.
Subunit of the proustite structure, showing the connectivity of Ag, As (violet), S.
Subunit of the proustite structure, showing the connectivity of Ag, As (violet), S.
The structure of proustite can be viewed as the Ag+ derivative of [AsS3]3−.
The structure of proustite can be viewed as the Ag+ derivative of [AsS3]3−.