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Metastibnite Psm Stibnite

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Metastibnite Psm Stibnite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Pereta Mine, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.5 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
14.50cm
Description

Long stibnite crystal, partially replaced by metastibnite (red).

Not easy to get a long crystal like this from Pereta.

From an old Dutch collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Stibnite

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

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