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Stibnite Metastibnite Klebelsbergite & Sulphur

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Stibnite Metastibnite Klebelsbergite & Sulphur

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Description
Locality: 
Pereta Mine, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 9.5 × 8.5 cm
Description

Yellow klebelsbergite with red metastibnite on stibnite crystals and yellow sulphur crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

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

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