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Stibnite & Kermesite

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Stibnite & Kermesite

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Description
Locality: 
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

A beautiful sample of fibrous sprays of stibnite on quartz and shist matrix. Special feature is the partial transistion of the stibnite into kermesite on the base of the needles. An old classic.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

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

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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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110