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Kermesite

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Kermesite

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Description
Locality: 
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A very fine example of kermesite with bright red metallic acicular crystals on typical quartz matrix.
From the Type Locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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
Cartils Minerals

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