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Stibnite & Fluorite

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Stibnite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Kadamzhay Mine, Fergana Valley, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
19.1 × 11.1 × 3.8 cm
Description

Look at this great specimen: purple colored fluorite cubes in combination of mirror gloss metallic stibnite needles. The stibnite crystals show a good structure and are up to 4.5 cm long. The fluorite cubes covered the stibnite partially. On the lower side and the backside there are pale yellow microcrystals of barite. Undamaged - the two bright spots in the middle of the sample are no damaged.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic