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Description: Valentinite Locality: Djebel Senza (Sanza mine; Sansa mine; Sensa mine), Ain-El-Bebouch, Constantine Province, Algeria (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.9 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm. Valentinite is an uncommon antimony oxide. One would usually not expect a gray metal to form such fine, starburst-like, radial clusters of highly lustrous, pearlescent, prismatic crystals richly distributed on all sides of the matrix. This superb and rich specimen is from an uncommon locale - the Sanza Mine in Algeria. Weighs 167 grams. Old material.
Title: Valentinite-205948
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