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Schafarzikite & Kermesite

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Schafarzikite & Kermesite

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Description
Locality: 
Krížnica, Pernek, Malacky County, Bratislava Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a simply stunning sample of schafarzikite with numerous perfect, lustrous black crystals in clusters with stibnite and red sprays of kermesite. This is a world class sample of schafarzikite. Please don't trust my terrible photography skills!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schafarzikite

Formula: 
Fe2+Sb3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.JA.20
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Krížnica, Pernek, Malacky Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Kermesite

Formula: 
Sb2S2O
Strunz: 
2.FD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Colour: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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