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Scainiite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Ludovít Mine, Dúbrava, Liptovský Mikuláš County, Zilina Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.4 × 3.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Very rare lead - antimony sulphide, described only from 3 localities worldwide, where Ludovit mine produced the world's best scainiites ever. 

The specimen listed has long grey needles and there is scainiite visible all over the sample under cose inspection.

I kept this fantastic sample for a special promotion for almost 10 years from original find.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scainiite

Formula: 
Pb14Sb30S54O5
Strunz: 
2.JB.35b
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy