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Antimony & Berthierite

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Antimony & Berthierite

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Description
Locality: 
Alpha-Gravelotte Mine, Murchison Range, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

a large, massive antimony specimen here with berthierite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Antimony

Formula: 
Sb
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Colour: 
Tin-white
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Sala Silver Mine, Sala, Västmanland, Sweden

Berthierite

Formula: 
FeSb2S4
Strunz: 
2.HA.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Chazelles-Haut (Chazelle), Mercoeur, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France