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Chalcostibite

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Chalcostibite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 7 × 4 cm
Description

Chalcostibite is a rare copper, antimony sulfosalt.This excellent and very showy, 3-dimensional cabinet combination piece features shiny, gray metallic blades and needles of chalcostibite clusters richly scattered on matrix.Chalcostibite was never common at Cavnic and this major discovery was made in 1990.Very good and rich specimen from Hoffmann collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcostibite

Formula: 
CuSbS2
Strunz: 
2.HA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany