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Antimony & Valentinite

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Antimony & Valentinite

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Description
Locality: 
Les Chalanches Mine, Allemont, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

 Solid specimen of native antimony with good crystal faces.

On the backside a vug with very nice white-tan valentinite crystals.

Allemont is the classic french locality for native antimony and type locality for valentinite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Antimony

Formula: 
Sb
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Colour: 
Tin-white
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Sala Silver Mine, Sala, Västmanland, Sweden

Valentinite

Formula: 
Sb2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.55
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Les Chalanches Mine, Allemont, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France

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