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Native Arsenic Stibnite & Realgar

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Native Arsenic Stibnite & Realgar

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Description
Locality: 
Sarabau Mine, Bau, Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.4 × 2.1 cm
Weight: 
46.00gr
Description

Very interesting specimen from the Sarabau mine, consisting of native arsenic, Stibnite, realgar, orpiment and perhaps some other mineral from that deposit, very old specimen from my personal systematics collection, possibly more than 40 years old.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenic

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

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

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