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Metastibnite & Stibiconite On Stibnite

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Metastibnite & Stibiconite On Stibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Pereta Mine, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm
Description

Classic specimen of lustrous grey interpenetrated crystals of stibnite with a crust of alteration of red metastibnite and yellow stibiconite.

Acquired in 1981, it is an Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens specimen, #1582.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Stibnite

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

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