AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Slovakia > Stibnite on Calcite-Dolomite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 72220 |
Mineral: | Stibnite on Calcite-Dolomite |
Locality: | Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Central Slovakia Neogene Volcanic Field, Slovakia |
Description: | Two hemispherical groups of lustrous gray-metallic stibnite crystals on tan-colored calcite-dolomite microcrystals. The stibnite crystals are slender prismatic form with four-sided pyramidal terminations that have blue-to-yellow surface iridescence. Ex. G. McLoughlin collection, originally acquired from George F. Melloy (1919-2011) in 1983 |
Overall Size: | 8x6x6 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 10 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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