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Apuanite & Scainiite

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Apuanite & Scainiite

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Description
Locality: 
Buca Della Vena Mine, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm
Description

Parallel sprays of metallic acicular crystals of scainiite on a off white dolomite matrix with several crystalline masses of apuanite. This mine is the type locality for both species

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Apuanite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+4Sb3+4O12S
Strunz: 
4.JA.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

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
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