Stibnite

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Stibnite

Stibnite

Name/Title

Stibnite

Entry/Object ID

2009.62.3

Description

Common Name: Stibnite Chemistry: Sb2 S3 Antimony Sulfide Group: Sulfides Location: Leng Sui Jiang, Hunan province, China Description: Large grey rock with metalic looking crystals pertruding off of it. If you look at it from a certain angle it looks like a city scape. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Color is steel gray to silver. Luster is metallic. Transparency crystals are opaque. Crystal System is orthorhombic; 2/m 2/m 2/m Crystal Habits include bladed or acicular crystals often bent or curved due to twinning, also granular and massive. Cleavage is perfect in the lengthwise direction. Fracture is irregular. Hardness is 2 Specific Gravity is approximately 4.6+ (average for metallic minerals) Streak is a dark gray. Other Characteristics: striated lengthwise sometimes deeply, luster brighter on cleavage surfaces and crystals slightly flexible. Associated Minerals include quartz, calcite, gold, arsenopyrite and other sulfides. Best Field Indicators are crystal habit, softness and flexibility

Collection

RAGM Mineral Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2009.62

Source or Donor

Museum Collection of Minerals

Acquisition Method

Donation

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

RD-10

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Curtis Gardner

Date

May 25, 2023

Notes

Added current location

Location

Building

Storage (old gift shop upstairs)

Category

Permanent