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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: 
2.5 × 2 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
8.00gr
Description

Very attractive spray of valentinite in fine condition, an example of specimen that made this find in 2018 pretty noteworthy. From the largest antimony deposit in the world but form an area 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