| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Stibiconite pseudomorphs after Stibnite on Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 77878 |
| Mineral: | Stibiconite pseudomorphs after Stibnite on Calcite |
| Locality: | Mina San José, 10 km south of Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
| Description: | Earthy gray-brown stibiconite pseudomorphs after elongated stibnite crystals to 42 mm long from the famous 30 meter cavity found in 1975. The stibnite crystallized first, then altered atom-by-atom into stibiconite, maintaining the form of the stibnite. Collected ca. 1975-6. |
| Overall Size: | 5.5x4.5x4 cm |
| Crystals: | 3-42 mm pseudos |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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