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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: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3 × 1.8 cm
Description

Bright red massive-crystallized realgar with lustrous lead gray and iridescent stibnite in calc-silicate matrix. Representative specimen of the best Greek realgar, a now classic locality (dump of  small surface excavation for antimonite ore back in WWII). Ineresting addition to a systematic collection.

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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