Kermesite

  
Origin: Globe and Phoenix mine, Que Que, Zimbabwe
Ex. Tom Dwyer coll.
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm
 
  
 
  
 
  
Kermesite with minor valentinite
Origin: Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Sample size: 6.5 cm in length (top), 5.8 cm in length (2nd row), 7.5 cm in length (bottom)
 
Origin: Caiwa Antimony Mine, Danfeng, Shaanxi Province, China
Sample size: 1 x 0.5 x 5.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

Origin: Knipes (Knipe) Mine, Hare Hill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Sample size: cavity area 2 mm in quartz partly encrusted by red kermesite, with stibnite
Owner: Steve Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

  
Origin: near Jianshui, Yunnan Province, China
Sample size: 3.3 x .9 x .2 cm
 
  
 
  
Origin: Globe and Phoenix Mine, Que Que, Zimbabwe
Ex. Violet Dawson collection
Sample size: 3.7 x 3 x 1.8 cm (top/2nd row), 3.3 x 2 x 1.4 cm (bottom)
 
  
  
Kermesite with quartz
Origin: Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Braunsdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany (type locality)
Sample size: 7.6 x 6.0 x 4.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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