Stibnite from Ichinokawa Mine, Shikoku Island, Japan

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Stibnite crystal group with characteristic blue and black tarnish, 20 cm, from Ichinokawa. Collection of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany; H. Zell photo. Illustrated in Reinhard Brauns’ The Mineral Kingdom (1908), plate 23.

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SpeciesStibnite

SizeLarge Cabinet

Dimensions20.0 cm

Added on02/13/2026

LocalityJapan, Shikoku Island, Ichinokawa Mine

Publications

Mineralogical Record 56 2 page 159

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Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany

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Stibnite from Ichinokawa Mine, Japan

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