Stibarsen

   
 
  
Silvery to dull grey reniform crystalline mass 4 x 2 cm on quartz matrix.
Origin: Engineer Mine, Atlin, British Columbia, Canada
Sample size: 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm (top), 5 x 4 x 3 cm (bottom)
 
Origin: Trebsko near Pribram, Czech Republic
Sample size: thumbnail, about 2.5 cm
 
  
Steel grey, smooth plates of stibarsen with dull grey arsenic.
Origin: Atlin, British Columbia, Canada
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 4 x 2 x 2 cm
 
Origin: Les Chalanches Mine, Allemont, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
Sample size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Origin: Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk, Russia
Sample size: 2.2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Rio Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Sample size: 2.8 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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