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I - Elements		 Crystal habit of Antimony
 
Name   Antimony
Chemistry   Sb
Hardness   3 - 3,5
Lustre   strong metallic
Colour   light grey or tin white
Streak   lead grey 
Density [g/cm3]   6,6 - 6,7
Crystal habit   trigonal rhombohedral, crystals rarely
Cleavage, Fracture   [0001] perfect
other characteristics and occurrences   massive, lamellar, distinctly foliated, fine-grained in hydrothermal veins, mixture of  As, SbAs and Sb = allemontite
   
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