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Cinnabar Pyrite & Dolomite

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Cinnabar Pyrite & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Gortdrum Mine, County Tipperary, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Matrix with a cavity lined with deep red cinnabar crystals and cubic pyrite crystals on creamy coloured dolomite crystals. LC A5

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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