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Cetineite & Mopungite

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Cetineite & Mopungite

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Description
Locality: 
Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Bright-orange acicular tufts of cetineite crystals lined more vugs of the matrix, some others vugs are lined by white needles of mopungite.

Rich and nice sample, from the type locality for cetineite. Beautiful!

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cetineite

Formula: 
(K,Na)6Sb3+12(Sb3+S3)2O18(OH)0.5·5,5H2O
Strunz: 
2.MA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Le Cetine Mine; Cetine Mine; Rosia), Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy

Mopungite

Formula: 
Na[Sb5+(OH)6]
Strunz: 
4.FC.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Green prospect, Lake District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA

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