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Mercury On Cinnabar

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Mercury On Cinnabar

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Description
Locality: 
Idria Mine, Idria, Gorica Region, Slovenia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm
Description

Old sample hosting native mercury on cinnabar and mercurian tetrahedrite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mercury

Formula: 
Hg
Strunz: 
1.AD.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Tin white

Cinnabar

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