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Cetineite

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Description
Locality: 
Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Bright orange cetineite crystals in cavities of slag matrix. From the type locality!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cetineite

Formula: 
(K,Na)6Sb3+12(Sb3+S3)2O18(OH)0.5·5,5H2O
Strunz: 
2.MA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Le Cetine Mine; Cetine Mine; Rosia), Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy