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Stibnite Baryte

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Stibnite Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Wuning Mine, Qingjiang, Wuning County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.1 × 4.1 × 3.8 cm
Description

Wonderful combination from China, a spray of metallic blue and highly lustrous stibnite crystals which are mostly terminated, accompanied with an overgrowth of pale and crystallised calcite. There is even a fully formed blocky crystal inbetween the top terminations of the stibnite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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