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Tvalchrelidzeite & Metacinnabar

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Tvalchrelidzeite & Metacinnabar

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Description
Locality: 
Gomi Deposit, Oni District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a thumbnail sample with rich areas of metallic tvalchrelidzeite on matrix with rough crystals of metacinnabar from the type locality for the species. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tvalchrelidzeite

Formula: 
Hg3SbAsS3
Strunz: 
2.GC.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Red-black
Type Locality: 
Gomi As-Sb-Hg deposit, Oni District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia

Metacinnabar

Formula: 
HgS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Redington Mine (Boston Mine; Knoxville Mine; Excellsior Mine), Knoxville, Knoxville District, Napa Co., California, USA

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