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Chalcostibite & Zinkenite With Realgar

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Chalcostibite & Zinkenite With Realgar

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Description
Locality: 
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Lustrous realgar crystals up to 7mm together with chalcostibite and zinkenite (partly grown through the realgar).

See also page 8 of the September issue 2002 of the Lapis Mineral Magazine.

This was a single find in the Boldut Mine and specimens of this paragenesis are really hard to get.

Matrix is Sphalerite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcostibite

Formula: 
CuSbS2
Strunz: 
2.HA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Zinkenite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb22S42
Strunz: 
2.JB.35a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Realgar

Formula: 
As4S4
Strunz: 
2.FA.15a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0

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