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Stibnite

$3,500.00

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Prior to finds in China in the early 2000s, the world's largest crystals of Stibnite were from Ichinokawa mine in Japan where they were discovered during the late 1800s, with the mine continuing in production until 1962. The difference between these Japanese and Chinese specimens and all other world occurrences is that the Asian crystals are not only long, but are wide too, producing much stronger, less brittle crystals. This very large cabinet specimen from Ichinokawa mine features individual Stibnite crystals to 12 cm in length and although some damage is evident this is remarkably little compared with most other specimens seen from here, due to their age - even in museum specimens. It is also apparent that most of the imperfections are natural, from where other crystals were attached, rather than from poor handling or damage during extraction. This really is an exceptionally fine Stibnite, and from the historic classic occurrence. It is from David Hardman's fine collection and was probably acquired by him during the 1960s or 1970s.