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Stibnite Realgar & Native Arsenic

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Stibnite Realgar & Native Arsenic

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Description
Locality: 
San Gregorio Mine, Valverdín, Cármenes, León, Castile & León, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm
Description

Small radiating stibnite crystals with very minor realgar and native arsenic specks.

This mine was worked during the very first decades of 20th century and it was only a few dozens of meters wide and in the Winter is usually flooded. Very rare!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

Realgar

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

Arsenic

Formula: 
As
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Grey
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