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Valentinite & Stibnite

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Valentinite & Stibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Příbram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.8 × 3.5 cm
Description

Classic radial fan-shaped aggregates to 11 mm of white lustrous acicular valentinite on a matrix of grey crystallized stibnite crystals.

Acquired in 1996. Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens specimen, #286.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Valentinite

Formula: 
Sb2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.55
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Les Chalanches Mine, Allemont, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France

Stibnite

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

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