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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
20.00gr
Description

Unusual habit of 'wet lustre' valentintite also showing the internal radial structure. Not many like this were found in the big find of 2018. This are is now mined out and closed.

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