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Calomel & Native Amalgam

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Calomel & Native Amalgam

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Description
Locality: 
Landsberg, Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Very good old specimen with native amalgam and beautiful translucent calomel crystals in vugs.

Specimen comes with a beautiful handwritten label from Freiberg Museum.

Collected 1921

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calomel

Formula: 
(Hg2+2)Cl2
Strunz: 
3.AA.30
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Amalgam

Variety Of: 

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Formula: 
(Ag,Hg)
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
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