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Peretaite Sénarmontite Stibnite & Ottensite

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Peretaite Sénarmontite Stibnite & Ottensite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Pereta Mine, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm
Description

A cluster of colourless peretaite crystals on stibnite with tiny senarmontite crystals and some red ottensite; self collected on 2005

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

Sénarmontite

Formula: 
Sb2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.50
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche, Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria

Stibnite

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

Ottensite

Formula: 
(Na,K)3Sb3+6(Sb3+S3)O9·3H2O
Strunz: 
2.MA.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 0.0
Colour: 
red-brown
Type Locality: 
Qinglong Mine (Dachang Mine), Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong Co., Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China...