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Kermesite

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Locality: 
Pezinok, Pezinok County, Bratislava Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.1 × 3 cm
Description

Very nice, cherry-red, acicular kermesite crystals on matrix. From the world's most famous locality for the species. Transparent gray mineral not identified, but probably only calcite.

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

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