43267: Stibnite and Marcasite - $30 San José Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia Miniature - 5.7 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm 8 grams Ex Richard A. Kosnar collection Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order A spray of brightly lustrous stibnite
crystals, coated on one side with dull, microcrystalline
marcasite. Most of the individual stibnite crystals are
terminated. Carries two Richard A. Kosnar
labels (dating the specimen to the 1970's), both giving
the locality as the nearby Socavón Mine.
However at the Mindat mineral
list for this locality, stibnite is crossed out and
it is noted that the dumps were 'improved' with material
from the nearby San José Mine.
A second Kosnar label
gives the locality as the San Pablo de Churina Mine, Chayanta Province,
but Mindat lacks a locality by this name in that province.
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