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Realgar Stibnite & Baryte

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Realgar Stibnite & Baryte

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Neo Kallintiri, Rhodope, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.3 × 2.7 cm
Description

Intense red realgar of glassy luster in silicated marble matrix cavity together with lustrous lead gray stibnite and barite crystal blades. Base of specimen holds stibnite layer with minor massive orpiment. 

Representative specimen of finest Greek realgar, locality is considered classic, a small open pit mine operated first time back in 1920.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Realgar

Formula: 
As4S4
Strunz: 
2.FA.15a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0

Stibnite

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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