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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Spectacular aggregates of platy Chalcostibite crystals up to 5 mm are very rich arranged all over the greyish-white matrix.

From a famous and small find of the early 1990

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