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Cinnabar Quartz & Dolomite

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Cinnabar Quartz & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Tongren Mine, Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 2 cm
Description

Lustrous deep red cinnabar twinned crystals with clear quartz crystals and creme colored dolomite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Dolomite

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