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Stibnite With Metastibnite

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Stibnite With Metastibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Banpo Mine, Dushan County, Qiannan, Guizhou Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

An attractive little group of stibnite crystals with metastibnite from a rare Chinese locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

Metastibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Steamboat Hot Springs, Steamboat Springs District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
Peter Crozier Minerals