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Kermesite & Stibnite & Antimony & Metastibnite

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Kermesite & Stibnite & Antimony & Metastibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Lac Nicolet Mine, Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, Centre-du-Québec, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 7 × 5 cm
Description

Impressive and very rich specimen of sprays of red kermesite crystals on matrix, associated with stibnite, native antimony, metastibnite, microcrystalline pyrite, and possibly valentinite, senarmontite and other unidentified species.

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

Stibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Lead grey

Antimony

Formula: 
Sb
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Colour: 
Tin-white
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Sala Silver Mine, Sala, Västmanland, Sweden

Metastibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Steamboat Hot Springs, Steamboat Springs District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA

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