Stibnite

LOCATION:

Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan

DESCRIPTION:

This is a complex group of parallel to sub-parallel crystals of Stibnite to 57 mm, forming a nice and atypical 3-dimensional specimen from this famous Japanese locality. The Stibnite crystals are of classic form and gun-metal gray in color with a slight bluish iridescence Japanese Stibnites are known for. Collected circa 1879, it was previously in the Harvard University collection, and a Trafford-Flynn specimen. No damage.

SIZE: 99 x 69 x 44 mm (Large Cabinet)
         57 mm

COLLECTION: ex. Harvard University collection; ex. Trafford-Flynn specimen; ex. Bob Griffis collection