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Stibnite With Cinnabar

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Stibnite With Cinnabar

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Description
Locality: 
Nikitovka, Gorlovka, Donetsk Oblast', Ukraine
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.7 × 1.2 cm
Description

I'm slimming down my stibnite collection and this attractive little specimen must go. Stibnite with cinnabar is not overly common and this example has deep blood red crystals scattered around it.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

Cinnabar

Formula: 
HgS
Strunz: 
2.CD.15a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Peter Crozier Minerals