|
Date: |
|
Description: | This is a fine specimen of the stibnite, a sulphide of antimony, and the main ore of that metal. In colour it is lead grey to black, with a metallic lustre, and typically forms groups of long striated crystals. In addition to Japan, deposits of stibnite are also found in China, Mexico, Bolivia and Algeria. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East rocks and minerals natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
-
STIBNITE
metallic grey crystals with white…
-
-
STIBNITE
metallic grey crystals with minor…
-
-
Stibnite
Large group of acicular crystals…
-
-
|