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Kermesite

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Description
Locality: 
Alto do Sobrido Mine, Melres, Gondomar, Porto District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2.9 × 3.1 cm
Description

A nice sample from this classic Sb mine in Portugal.

Beautiful kermesite needles with other sb minerals on quartz.

Collected: 
Boxed with Label
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