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Stibnite Fluorite & Baryte

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Stibnite Fluorite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Kadamzhay Mine, Fergana Valley, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 6.4 × 3.8 cm
Description

This is a great rarity! Stibnite crystals covered with light beige tiny baryte crystals in combination with dark violet, small but glossy and sharp terminated fluorite crystals. Very rare combination, very rare locality!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Baryte

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