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Cinnabar & Quartz

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Cinnabar & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Chauvai, Batken, Kyrgyzstan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Deep red cinnabar crystals with quartz crystals on matrix

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