Cetineite from Le Cetine mine, Siena, Italy
This is one of the unique
minerals found at the Le Cetine mine, close to Siena, Italy. This last is one of
the most known italian antimony deposit in highly silicified evaporites.
Cetineite derives from roasting of the rocks containing antimony. This is the
type locality for cetineite whose formula is K1.8Na1.6(Sb2O3)0.9(Sb2S3)0.9(OH)0.5·2.4(H2O).
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 ITA-C157 CETINEITE LE CETINE MINE, SIENA, ITALY - Clusters of this hyper rare mineral derived from antimonium show up on this rock. The specimen has a great abundance of tiny acicular crystals of cetineite with the typical deep orange/red. Most of the cetineite is located inside several exposed cavities. Overall size is 2.5x2x1.5 cm. € 45 |
 
  ITA-C158 CETINEITE LE CETINE MINE, SIENA, ITALY - Clusters of this hyper rare mineral derived from antimonium show up on this rock. The specimen has a great abundance of tiny acicular crystals of cetineite with the typical deep orange/red. Most of the cetineite is located inside several exposed cavities. The cetineite crystals are really showy on this specimen ! Overall size is 3X2.5x2 cm. € 45 |