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Stibnite With Jamesonite & Calcite

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Stibnite With Jamesonite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
San Martín Mine, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.30cm
Description

Very nice bundles of stibnite crystals with jamesonite-"fur" in one of the many calcite vugs. Rare paragenesis.

Specimen from a very old stock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

Jamesonite

Formula: 
Pb4FeSb6S14
Strunz: 
2.HB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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