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Kermesite from
Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kermesite
Formula:Sb2S2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kermesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:42867
Long-form Identifier:1:3:42867:7
GUID (UUID V4):3629dd08-3d9a-4a55-b5bd-4dddbd3829fa
Nearest other occurrences of Kermesite
1.5km (0.9 miles) San Francisco Mine, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
49.8km (31.0 miles) Itos Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Kermesite Crystal Data: lath-shaped Physical thin Properties: splinters D( calc.) Triclinic, pseudomonoclinic...82 4.94 Total 99.9 100.00 (1) Globe and Phoenix mine, Zimbabwe; by electron microprobe. (2) Sb2S20. Occurrence:...Czechoslovakia. In the Chalanches mine, near Allemont, Isere, France. From the Cetine mine, near Siena, Tuscany,...Kirgizia, USSR. In the Santa Cruz and San Francisco mines, Poopo, Oruro, Bolivia. From Broken Hill, New...Exceptional radiating groups from the Globe and Phoenix mine, Que Que, Zimbabwe. At Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
Report (issue)
No. 12: Bolivia ht of Mineral Collecting N 978-0-9790998-5-4 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado...specimen 'being sold with the shrine when he was in Bolivia buying mineral specimens in the 1970s. He took...ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv...Colorado 60° 10 B R A S I L 14 PAZ /LAApolo 0 CRUZ 0 San.Jose deChiqultos Robor6 0 SantaAna0 PARAGUAY
Book (edition)
Right (bottom): Fibrous radially crystallised kermesite (pink internal reflections); black smoker. 13...Stephanite Briartite bright red in fine aggregates Kermesite bright orange Lorándite strong, violet and... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...(red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach);
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut......................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol....period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro...and Mining Company for the sum of $558,000. The mine is now owned outright by the Federal Government
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Shinkolobwe, Zaire; Tsumeb, Namibia; Colquechaca, Bolivia; Mounana, Gabon; Terlingua, Texas; Mt. St. Hilaire...Golden brown barite crystals, Villamassargia, near mine, Guanajuato, Mexico (8.5 cm). Iglesias, Sardinia...Enna, Sicily (6 cm). West 800 Level, White Capps mine, Man- 11: Dark grey stibnite crystals, (variety... Nuristan, Laghman hattan, Nevada (9.5 cm). Province, Afghanistan (5.3 cm). Figure 13: Silver, Calumet...fluorite crystals on grey galena crystals, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Tennessee (5 cm). Figure 17: Transparent
Journal (issue)
Trebisky and S. B. Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California..........................Henderson The Mineralogy of the Department of Oruro, Bolivia..............................................c o rc l W \ Beryl. The Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina...made his mark in a tourmaline find at the B.B. #7 mine in north Norway, Maine, and came to fame as the...specimens and gem materials in­ clude the Harvard mine for purple apatite, Plumbago mountain for rose quartz
Catalog/List
pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4...guite rich black masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins...MINERAL !I dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7
Journal (issue)
Cassedanne Mineralogy of the Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz, California....................................Pocket,” a recreation of a pocket in the Elmwood mine near Carthage, Tennessee. A space of several cubic...subsequently described by Kissin et al. (1978). At the Hugo mine the mineral occurs as ir­ regular grains in the...investigations of a wyllieite-like mineral from the Old Mike mine near Custer proved to be iron-deficient. The mineral...ferrowyllieite and the iron-poor material from the Old Mike mine was named wyllieite by Moore and Ito (1979). Fer­
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...gysinite-(Nd) and other rare minerals from [the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
Catalog/List
cleavage Yakutia.Russia MnS lxl £9 ½x½ £3 IX½ Rawhide Mine. Mohave 255 ALA!\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix...botryoidal with possible New East Wheat Russell mine, ½x½ 501 ALLOPHANE £4 -·-· . . ALSiO £2.SO B~~.~~~~t~...grey masses '1.\ith possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, Ix½ £4 13 ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 micros. Hexham,Northumberland...Rich orange masses in quartz, under Flu.x Canyon,Santa Cruz lx2£10 ½x½ £2 lxl £4 . K.AI _SO/4 OH ·- - . ...--·· -·Pure grey metallic mass San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bolivia 6x6mm £3 217 A1'DORITE . PbAgSb_S _ ___
Journal (issue)
with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange...later when Edwin Over paid a visit to the Red Cloud mine and made one of history's most spectacular wulfenite...discovery at tbe Red Cloud mine, Ed Over moved on in 1939 to investigate tbe Hilltop mine in Cochise County.
Catalog/List
pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4...and Be Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...MINERAL !! dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U...Na Al Silicate Pure creamy coloured masses (Tanco Mine, Bernie Lake, Manitoba, Canada) lx2ins £4 2x2ins
Book (edition)
08-20 Cronusite II/F.08-30 Erdite II/F.09-10 Kermesite II/F.11-10 550 552 554 556 558 560 562 564 566...(yellowish white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(bluish grey shades), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // 8 Gold A ...sample - photo A), dolomite (dark grey); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic
Journal (issue)
.... 5 by C. S. Stolburg Minerals of the Pereta mine, Tuscany, Italy ..................................and M. Tazzini Alteration minerals of the Cetine mine, Tuscany, It a ly ................................ Sabelli and G. Brizzi Siegenite from the Buick mine, Bixby, Missouri .................................years he was Resident Geologist at the Copper Queen mine until Phelps Dodge Cor­ poration closed all the...transferred to Ajo as Mine Planning Engineer and later promoted to General Mine Foreman. He left Ajo in
Catalog/List
Back Cover COVER PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo­ rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...Calcium magnesium iron aluminum silicate. Spain Province of Huesca, Estopinian. �ue mass in ancient trap...silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite .
Catalog/List
.... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on limonite gossen...Calcium magnesium iron aluminum silicate Spain Province of Huesca, Estopinian ~lue massive in ancient...silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite . ...silicate CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite...Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable mass in quartz
Catalog/List
78-79 79 79 79 VANADINITE specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES...fluo­ rescence under ultra violet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...Calcium magnesium iron aluminum silicate. Spain Province of Huesca, Estopinian. �ue mass in ancient trap...silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky- blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite .... Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. S.ky-bJue crystals and masses on and in blue shattuckite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sanbornite, BaSi2O5,is dominant. At one locality in Santa Cruz, California, taramellite has been found in large...thereafter no additional occurrences of the La Madrelena mine in northern Baja California had taramellite were...presentationto the I.M.A. Fresno County, and Santa Cruz County, California, as Commission proposing the...EugeneGross (1963)and by A.P. (1964)and superlor santa cruz, Ca speclmensprovlded by l4r. J.F. Cooper ( t...locality; nagashimalite (V-dominant) at the Mogurazawa mine, Kiryu City, Gumma Prefecture,Japan; and eight occulTencesof
Book
Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets...of crystallized gold occurred in the Jamestow n mine. California, USA, where a cavity, which yielded
Book
Pefioles, Compafiia Minera Fresnillo, and Compania Santa Rosalia, who allowed me to photograph, gather samples...specimens from such places as the La Fé Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the state of Baja California...places as Mapimi in the state of Durango; Naica and Santa Eulalia in the state of Chihuahua; and Zacatecas...WIC ' ' (OSE INSET) Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...Mexicali Show & Nensengdo Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Mod ors ified from Berstein, 1964
Book
- " ; • \c.•:~o,°\ Co10..(o· . rov~oca, • • Cruz Solono ""' ., P u ,<10 "'----.... ~ S"''"•~ F'roril...Pefloles, Compania Minera Fresnillo, and Compaii.ia Santa Rosalia, who aJlowed me to photograph, gather samples...specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the state of Baja California...places as Mapimi in the state of Durango; Naica and Santa Eulalia in the state of Chihuahua; and Zacatecas...CALl[NTCS ... I MI ( Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein
Book (edition)
Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia, H Page 3: Liddicoatite, polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION
Book
............ Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine............. San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic............................... Minerals of Ojuela Mine .... . Velardena District.........................Guanajuato District ..................... El Sanlin Mine......................... San Miguel de Allende ...assistant superintendent, both of Fresnillo’s Naica mine, helped with data and review. Dr. Edwin Roedder...made possible our visit to the Esperanza fluorite mine. Engineer Macario Munoz, Comision de Fomento Minero
Book
Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...mm (4 5/i6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets
Book (volume)
bismutosphaerite (or, more correctly, hismutite) under Kermesite, Cryst., insert superscript 2 after axial 279...and the corresponding citation (Hudson Bay 309 mine). in Ref. 4, line Z, for 670 read 676. 310 in...position. in the figure labeled 461 San Jose, Bolivia, for the brachydome v read w. insert superscript...5, for Black Forest read Odenwald. for Rhine Province read Westphalia. for in the Tirol read, Salzburg...say that this guarantee did much to deterrepaid. mine the award of the grant. To Mr. W. 0. Wiley, Chairman
 
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