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Cinnabar & Native Mercury

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Cinnabar & Native Mercury

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 6.5 × 6 cm
Description

This is a very old cinnabar specimen from Spain. Collected before 1900 !

It comes with a nice old printed label.

Sharp and deep red clusters of cinnabar in several vugs of the baryte matrix with minor native mercury.

Beautiful and attractive specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Mercury

Formula: 
Hg
Strunz: 
1.AD.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Tin white