Kermesite

  

Kermesite on quartz and stibnite (right)

Origin: Braunsdorf, Saxony, Germany

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Kermesite with stibnite and valentinite

Kermesite on valentinite

Origin: Lac Nicollet mine, South Ham, Quebec, Canada

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Kermesite on quartz and stibnite

Origin: Pezinok (Pernek), near Bratislava, Slovakia

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Photo-Atlas of Minerals

Origin: Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Sample size: 7 cm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

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Origin: Pezinok, Slovakia

Sample size: 4 x 2 x 2.5 cm with deep red flat lying acicular crystals to 5 mm (top), 5 x 4 x 2 cm with a 1 cm, deep red spray

 

  

Origin: West Gore, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ex. Kidwell collection

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 3 cm

 

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Origin: Pezinok, Slovakia

Sample size: 6 x 4.5 x 4 cm

 

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The Arkenstone

 

  

lustrous reddish-black spray of acicular kermesite crystals. The crystals are not terminated - almost none in this find were. There is minor stibnite in association.

Origin: Caiwa Mine, Danfeng, Shanxi Province, China

Sample size: 14 cm in length

 

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Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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