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Fülöppite Calcite & Stibnite

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Fülöppite Calcite & Stibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm
Description

Minute crystals of fuloppite perched on scalenohedral calcite.   On the rear of the specimen, metallic sprays of stibnite.   A fine example of this rare lead sulfosalt.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fülöppite

Formula: 
Pb3Sb8S15
Strunz: 
2.HC.10a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Dealul Crucii Adit (Crucii Hill; Kreuzberg; Kereszthegy), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș Co., Romania

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Stibnite

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

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