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Stibiconite Stibnite & Baryte

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Stibiconite Stibnite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm
Description

Here we have a fine combination specimen from Romania. A baryte crystal which has several elongated crystals of stibnite intergrown. The stibnite is then coated with the alteration mineral of it, stibiconite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White