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Valentinite

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Valentinite

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Description
Locality: 
Xikuangshan, Lengshuijiang County, Loudi, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Weight: 
10.00gr
Description

Attractive yellow sprays of valentinite on a contrastng blakc shist matrix from the world's largest antimony deposit - collected in 2018 in an area now completely closed. Mounted with hot glue in a perky box so it can safely be transported.

 

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