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Robinsonite & Chovanite

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Robinsonite & Chovanite

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

P-XRD confirmed robinsonite with chovanite. Rare mineral!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Robinsonite

Formula: 
Pb4Sb6S13
Strunz: 
2.HC.20
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Lead-gray
Streak: 
Gray
Type Locality: 
Red Bird Mine, Lovelock, Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Chovanite

Formula: 
Pb15-2xSb14+2xS36Ox (x ~ 0.2)
Strunz: 
2.JB.35e
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Dúbrava, Liptovský Mikuláš Co., Žilina Region, Slovakia