Description
Cluster of massive stibnite crystals associated with stibiconite and “yellow” bournonite (secondary mineral species), mineralogical specimen from the Nades mine in Allier, Auvergne.
The Nades antimony mine had a chaotic existence from 1833 to 1914. It was only used for a short time during this period. A small artisanal antimony mine, as there were quite a few in the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries in Auvergne.
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