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Peretaite Native Sulphur Stibnite & Metastibnite

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Peretaite Native Sulphur Stibnite & Metastibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Pereta Mine, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Tabular crystals of colorless and transparent peretaite on stibnite with pale yellow sulphur crystals and minor red metastibnite.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Peretaite

Formula: 
Ca(SbO)4(SO4)2(OH)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Pereta Mine, Pereta, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

Sulphur

Formula: 
S8
Strunz: 
1.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5

Stibnite

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

Metastibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Steamboat Hot Springs, Steamboat Springs District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
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