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Scainiite

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Scainiite

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Description
Locality: 
Buca Della Vena Mine, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Metallic scainiite crystals on matrix. 

F. Huber collection

 

References:

Orlandi P., Moëlo Y., Meerschaut A., Palvadeau P. (1999): Lead-antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy): I. Scainiite, Pb14Sb30S54O5, the first Pb-Sboxy-sulfosalt, from Buca della Vena mine., European Journal of Mineralogy 11, 949-954

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scainiite

Formula: 
Pb14Sb30S54O5
Strunz: 
2.JB.35b
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy