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Stibnite With Calcite

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FRN101179

Stibnite With Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm
Description

A dense cluster of intersecting gray-metallic stibnite crystals, the stibnite crystals has striated prism faces. The tabular crystals of calcite have several stibnite crystals as inclusion.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Oriental Minerals