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Sénarmontite & Kermesite With Native Antimony

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Sénarmontite & Kermesite With Native Antimony

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Description
Locality: 
Pezinok, Pezinok County, Bratislava Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 6 × 2.2 cm
Description

Cherry-red acicular, bent kermesite with small, grayish-brown senarmontite crystals and crusts of shiny, metallic gray native antimony (visual ID) - mostly on the backside.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sénarmontite

Formula: 
Sb2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.50
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche, Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria

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

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

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