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Klebelsbergite Stibnite Kermesite & Valentinite

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Klebelsbergite Stibnite Kermesite & Valentinite

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Description
Locality: 
Pereta Mine, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.9 × 3 cm
Description

Beautiful light yellow spherical groups of acicular klebelsbergite crystals scattered over a matrix with stibnite crystals covered by kermesite and other associates. 

Excellent for the species!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Klebelsbergite

Formula: 
(SbO)4(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BB.35
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Baia Sprie (Felsöbánya), Maramureș Co., Romania

Stibnite

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

Kermesite

Formula: 
Sb2S2O
Strunz: 
2.FD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Colour: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Valentinite

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