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Kermesite

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Kermesite

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Description
Locality: 
Bräunsdorf, Limbach-Oberfrohna, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

An exceptionally rich and fine specimen showing wine-red, lustous crystals of the antimony oxysulfide kermesite from Germany. Classic and excellent old-time material 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