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proustite

sulfosalt mineral
Class type of: sulfosalt subclass of minerals, sulfide class of minerals Q411817

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
sulfosalt subclass of minerals, sulfide class of minerals
Chemical formula
Ag₃AsS₃[5]
Crystal system
trigonal crystal system[7]
Density
+5393.89[18]
Described by source
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14][15][16][17]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Prs[19]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G)[8]
Named after
Joseph Proust[4]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
2.GA.05[13]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
2.GA.05[12]
P14541
12NNqd[20]
Point group
ditrigonal pyramidal[9]
Space group
space group R3c[10]
Streak color
vermilion[6]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
II/D.01a[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en proustite ar بروستيت de Lichtes Rotgültigerz de Proustit de Rubinblende de Arsensilberblende es proustita fa پروستیت fi Proustiitti ja 淡紅銀鉱 nl proustiet pl Proustyt ru Мышьяковая серебряная обманка ru Прустит uk Рубінова обманка uk Рубінове срібло zh 淡红银矿
🔖 Identifiers · 15
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Calcite-Proustite-mf16b.jpg ↗
COD ID
9009991
Dana 8th edition
3.4.1.1
Elhuyar ZTH ID
010884
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
55398
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/proustite
Freebase ID
/m/02x3f9
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
proustitt
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3170383
KBpedia ID
Proustite
Kivid.info ID
310
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777489757
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Mindat mineral ID
3294
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
mineral/proustite
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
materias/1031088

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Subclass of 2
sulfide class of minerals, sulfosalt subclass of minerals
Crystal system 1
trigonal crystal system
Named after 1
Joseph Proust
Streak color 1
vermilion
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Summary

proustite is a mineral species[1]. proustite is a type of sulfosalt subclass of minerals[2] and sulfide class of minerals[3].

Related Entities

Joseph Proust

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · İmmortalance · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'j
    Sitelink count → 26
    "/* wbsetlabel-add:1|tr */ Prustit, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/292984|batch #292984]]"
  2. 10w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point group → ditrigonal pyramidal
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Point group: ditrigonal pyramidal, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269342|batch #269342]]"
  3. 11w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    COD ID → 9009991
    Space group → space group R3c
    Density → {'unit': 'Q844211', 'amount': '+5393.89'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ COD ID: 9009991, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269093|batch #269093]]"
  4. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Joseph Proust
    Subclass of → —
    Named after → —
    Crystal system → trigonal crystal system
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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