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Kermesite & Stibnite

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Kermesite & Stibnite

ex. Milan Okruhlica collection
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Pezinok, Pezinok County, Bratislava Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.9 × 1.6 cm
Description

Very aesthetic kermesite and stibnite sprays on matrix. Specimen has a good coverage with reddish kermesite crystals reaching up to 1.6 cm and a bit smaller greyish, iridescent stibnite needles.

Wonderful kermesite miniature. Collected in 1980s.

Ex. collection of Milan Okruhlica

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