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Sarabauite With Stibnite & Calcite

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Sarabauite With Stibnite & Calcite

Ex R. Wilke, Eppertshausen, Germany
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Description
Locality: 
Sarabau Mine, Bau, Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 7.5 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
51.00gr
Description

Sarabauite is a rare calcium-antimony-oxisulfide, visually similar to realgar. According to mindat, it is only described from the type locality "Sarabau Mine" and the "Kusa Mine, Bau, Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia".

This specimen consists mostly of white calcite which is hosting inclusions of red sarabauite arranged in layers. Associated with minor grey stibnite (see pic 1). Rare material.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sarabauite

Formula: 
CaSb3+10S6O10
Strunz: 
2.MA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Sarabau Mine (Lucky Hill Mine), Bau, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo Island, Malaysia

Stibnite

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

Calcite

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

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