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-E81 CETINEITE and TRIPUHITE Le Cetine mine, Siena, Italy - Nice specimen from the type locality with several cavities covered by tiny acicular crystals of cetineite, the rare mineral from this mine. Together with cetineite there are also some spheroids of tripuhyte, an other rare mineral ! Overal size is 3.5x2.5x1.8 cm. € 35 |
 
 ITA-E01 CETINEITE LE CETINE MINE, SIENA, ITALY - Great coverage of this hyper rare mineral derived from antimonium. The specimen shows several open cavities filled by red/orange tiny acicular crystals of cetineite. The color is the typical deep orange/red. Overall size is 3x2x2 cm. € 60 |