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Pääkkönenite Stibnite & Calcite

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Pääkkönenite Stibnite & Calcite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

An excellent specimen of the very rare mineral paakonenite that recently found at Lavrion.On matrix surface a bed of lustrus calcite crystals is partly covered by lead gray antimonite and along and on antimonite there is iridescent paaconenite of spherical form.Paakonenite is XRD analysed and visible only under stereoscope.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pääkkönenite

Formula: 
Sb2AsS2
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Kalliosalo, Seinäjoki, Western and Inner Finland Region, Finland

Stibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Lead grey

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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