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Berthierite & Stibnite

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CAM583653

Berthierite & Stibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Nakase Mine, Sekinomiya-machi, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

A specimen from the Nakase Mine, a very seldom seen locality. The specimen has a very good coverage of masses of iridescent blue acicular crystals of berthierite associated with lustrous silvery masses of stibnite in matrix. Great locality piece.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Berthierite

Formula: 
FeSb2S4
Strunz: 
2.HA.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Chazelles-Haut (Chazelle), Mercoeur, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France

Stibnite

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

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