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Livingstonite & Cinnabar

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Livingstonite & Cinnabar

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

Black metallic livingstonite (not analysed) associated with native mercury and very beautiful cinnabar.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Livingstonite

Formula: 
HgSb4S6(S2)
Strunz: 
2.JA.05i
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Huitzuco de los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Mun. de Huitzuco, Guerrero, Mexico

Cinnabar

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