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Cetineite & Mopungite

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Cetineite & Mopungite

Ex Leach & Coulsell Collections
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Description
Locality: 
Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 3.3 × 2.4 cm
Description

Orange crystals of cetineite from the type locality with sugary white mopungite crystals

Ex Jack Leach Collection # 4431

Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection #4724

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cetineite

Formula: 
(K,Na)6Sb3+12(Sb3+S3)2O18(OH)0.5·5,5H2O
Strunz: 
2.MA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Le Cetine Mine; Cetine Mine; Rosia), Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy

Mopungite

Formula: 
Na[Sb5+(OH)6]
Strunz: 
4.FC.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Green prospect, Lake District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA
Earthstones Australia

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