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Cinnabar On & In Baryte

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Cinnabar On & In Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Clarashall Mine, Ruschberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 6.4 × 5.4 cm
Weight: 
861.00gr
Description

This is the 'holy grail' for most of the collectors of Palatinate minerals: a fantastic, huge cluster of baryte crystals, very well spotted with intense red, well-developed cinnabar crystals - on and in the baryte. Big parts of the baryte are colored dark red by the cinnabar. The specimen is all around crystallized and stands very well on its own.  The cinnabar-richest specimen I ever had in my hands.

Only a few, almost ignorable dings on the baryte.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

Formula: 
HgS
Strunz: 
2.CD.15a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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