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Stibnite & Valentinite

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Stibnite & Valentinite

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Description
Locality: 
Flying Fox Mine, Steels Creek, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

Long acicular stibnite crystals in matrix with creamy coloured tuffs of valentinite from the Steeles Creek Antimony Mine, which was abaandoned in the 1970's

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

Valentinite

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

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