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Cinnabar

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Description
Locality: 
New Almaden Mine, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Very interesting specimen of unusual, needlelike crystals of cinnabar on matrix.

Ex Dr. Hartel, Germany collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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