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Stibnite With Rhodochrosite & Quartz

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Stibnite With Rhodochrosite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Nye County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.5 × 2.2 cm
Description

This specimen came to me with an assurance that it was stibnite with rhodochrosite and quartz (it certainly looks the part). Rhodochrosite is not listed on for this mine. No question about the locality and it comes with a convincing label. An attractive and unusual specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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