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Metastibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Steamboat Hot Springs, Washoe County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Amorphous bright red metastibnite on a very light matrix and an unknown clear-gray mineral.

This is the type locality for this mineral, which forms from hydrothermal activity via fumaroles at this locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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