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Cinnabar

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Description
Locality: 
Landsberg, Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

This is a very interesting specimen with cinnabar and native mercury. There are two interesting areas on it. I actually don´t know what spherical aggregates are. One also spots two interesting spear like crystals. I do analysis at the moment.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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