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Scainiite

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Scainiite

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Description
Locality: 
Buca Della Vena Mine, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

Scainiite is a very rare Pb-Sb sulphosalt only known from four localities worldwide, this one being from the type and most famous locality in Italy. It occurs as black metallic acicular crystals with a good contrast with the matrix.

Mineral Data
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Scainiite

Formula: 
Pb14Sb30S54O5
Strunz: 
2.JB.35b
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

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