Stibnite with quartz

Stibnite with quartz. The sample, one of the most important of the Turin university collection, comes from Ichinokawa (Iyo, Shikoku, Japan), a mining town, active until 1950, which provided over time splendid specimens. This, in particular, was purchased by the University of Turin in 1886 to 326 lire, an astronomical sum for the time. The major crystal measuring 205 mm. Mineralogical collection of the Museum of Mineralogy and Petrology of the University of Turin (M / U 11727).