STIBNITE CRYSTAL

STIBNITE CRYSTAL

A beautiful  Stibnite Crystal.  Quality and striated.  Very hard to photograph due to the high reflection.  Shiny, lustrous and a great piece to grace your collection.

Location:
Wu Ling Mine, Jiangxi, China.

Dimensions:
5.6cm x 1.2cm x 0.7cm, 9g.

Sb2S3
Antimony Sulfide.

Stibnite is a classic mineral species with fine crystal clusters and long curved crystals being the pride of many collectors.  The slender curved metallic blades of Stibnite can resemble Arabian swords.  The curving of the long bladed crystals is due to twinning where one twin plane bends the crystal one direction and another twin plane bends it in the other direction.  This can occur numerous times down the length of one crystal.  The crystal clusters are admired for their distinctive look with accicular or bladed crystals jutting out in many divergent directions.  Stibnite is an ore of Antimony.  Possibly one ingredient of the Philosophers Stone.

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