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Peretaite Klebelsbergite Sulphur & Metastibnite

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Peretaite Klebelsbergite Sulphur & Metastibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Pereta Mine, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

Colourless transparent  tabular peretaite crystals with clear klebelsbergite crystals, pale yellow sulphur crystals and red metastibnite on stibnite

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

Klebelsbergite

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

Sulphur

Formula: 
S8
Strunz: 
1.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5

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