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Peretaite Metastibnite Stibiconite & Klebelsbergite On Stibnite

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Peretaite Metastibnite Stibiconite & Klebelsbergite On Stibnite

ex coll. Wilke
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Description
Locality: 
Pereta Mine, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.8 × 7.5 × 6 cm
Description

A stunning specimen with many rare minerals in good formations. Also berthierite and sénarmontite possible. Type locality for peretaite.
Peretaite is reddish, spatula-shaped, metastibnite red on stibnite, stibiconite yellow on stibnite and klebelsbergite acicular, white to yellow.
One of the best specimen for at least two of the rare minerals I've seen so far.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Peretaite

Formula: 
Ca(SbO)4(SO4)2(OH)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Pereta Mine, Pereta, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

Metastibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Steamboat Hot Springs, Steamboat Springs District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA

Klebelsbergite

Formula: 
(SbO)4(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BB.35
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Baia Sprie (Felsöbánya), Maramureș Co., Romania

Stibnite

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

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