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Scainiite

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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: 
3.7 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm
Description

Very rare lead - antimony sulphide, described only from 3 localities worldwide, where Ľudovít mine produced the world's best scainiites ever. Scainiite is visible in nice crystals and also as microcrystalline massive aggregate. Analyzed specimen.

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