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Cinnabar & Chalcopyrite

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Cinnabar & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Gortdrum Mine, County Tipperary, Irish Republic (Eire)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Dolomite matrix with a vug lined with dolomite crystals which have golden chalcopyrite crystals and deep red cinnabar scattered across them. The cinnabar can be seen coating some of the chalcopyrite crystals. A rare Irish cinnabar specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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