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Realgar & Stibnite

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Realgar & Stibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Neo Kallintiri, Rhodope, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Intense red realgar with stibnite in quartz matrix.Material comes from a recent find i did at a small abadoned since WW2 mine where the finest specimens of this mineral in Greece can be hardly found at mine's dump. Realgar is embedded in quartz and shows crystal planes wherever quartz matrix form small cavities.Interesting locality piece and representative of the finest realgar from Greece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Realgar

Formula: 
As4S4
Strunz: 
2.FA.15a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0

Stibnite

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

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