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Stibnite & Cinnabar With Quartz

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PDM818615

Stibnite & Cinnabar With Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Nikitovka, Gorlovka, Donetsk Oblast', Ukraine
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6 × 4.6 cm
Weight: 
221.00gr
Description

Dark grey acicular stibnite crystals associated to red rhombohedra crystals of cinnabar and well-terminated quartz. The lustre of the three minerals is very intense and the cinnabar crystals display penetration twins, but some crystals are damaged.

Acquired in 1995. Ex. J. Muizebelt specimen.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

Cinnabar

Formula: 
HgS
Strunz: 
2.CD.15a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

Quartz

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

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