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Coccinite

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JYJ507300

Coccinite

EDS analysed

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Description
Locality: 
Landsberg, Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

Analysed iod mineralisation from the Moschellandsberg. This specimen hosts red coccinite, also a copper iodide could be present. The filigrane yellow needles surrounding were also analysed and yield a iod,mercury, antimony presence. I was unable to match it with a mineral species so far.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Coccinite

Formula: 
HgI2
Strunz: 
3.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Casas Viejas, Mexico
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Coccinite
Analysis Report - only: Coccinite
Analysis Report - only: Coccinite