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It's a pair of tiny minerals of unusual chemistry as orange Hafnon battles with purple Putnisite.
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Stibnite from
Oro Y Plata Mine (Oro-Plata Extension Mine; Red Wing Willard Mine; Pay Rock Mine; Silver Star Mine; Blue Wing Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Stibnite
Formula:Sb2S3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Cinnabar
Tetrahedrite Subgroup
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stibnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oro Y Plata Mine (Oro-Plata Extension Mine; Red Wing Willard Mine; Pay Rock Mine; Silver Star Mine; Blue Wing Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:324537
Long-form Identifier:1:3:324537:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Stibnite
6.8km (4.3 miles) ⓘCollier Mine (Blood Mine; Sandwich Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘIlex Mine (Anglo-Saxon Mine; Tiger Mine), Rich Gulch, Rich Gulch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘMokelumne Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
27.4km (17.1 miles) ⓘUnknown Sb location [1], Stockton Hill, Mokelumne Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘMary Ellen Mine, Eastman Ranch, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
43.2km (26.9 miles) ⓘKeystone Mine (Keystone group; Keystone claim; Spring Hill claim; Geneva claim; Granite State claim; Niagara claim; East Keystone claim), Amador City, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
50.2km (31.2 miles) ⓘIone Mine (Irish Hill Mine), Irish Hill, Irish Hill Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
52.6km (32.7 miles) ⓘCosumnes Copper Mine, Fair Play, Fairplay Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
58.0km (36.0 miles) ⓘCosumnes Mine (Cosumnes Melton; Melton; Middle End), Grizzly Flat, Grizzly Flat Mining District, East Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
76.5km (47.5 miles) ⓘFunny Bug Mine (Pendelco Mine), Gold Hill, Shingle Springs Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
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