Kermesite

  
Several sprays of dark brownish-red acicular kermesite crystals to 6 mm, some in a small vug that are free-standing. There are micro crystals of a colorless blocky mineral, most likely valentinite, scattered all about this hefty matrix. There is one spray of kermesite crystals to 26 mm in length on the base of the matrix.
Origin: Lac Nicolet mine, South Ham, Wolfe Co., Québec, Canada
Ex. Canadian Museum of Nature Mineral Sciences Division
Sample size: 6.6 x 3.1 x 3.3 cm
 
  
Kermesite with very minor stibnite
Origin: Pezinok, Malé Karpaty Mts, Bratislava Region, Slovak Republic
Sample size: 5.3 x 3 x 1.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Deep red acicular crystals to 1 mm in vuggy matrix with faint yellow valentinite crystals to 0.75 mm.
Origin: Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Saxony, Germany
Ex. DeVito Collection
Sample size: 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm
 
  
 
  
Origin: Pezinok, Malé Karpaty Mts, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 3 cm (top/2nd row), 8 x 5 x 3 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
  
Origin: Lac Nicolet Mine, Wolfe Co., Quebec, Canada
Ex. Polak collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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