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Calomel & Native Mercury

ex. ecole de paris collection
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Landsberg, Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm
Description

Greyish aggregates of calomel with drops of mercury in vugs. Very rich and historic specimen ex collection of the Ecole des Mines de Paris. Offered from Wilke on 22/12/1984.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calomel

Formula: 
(Hg2+2)Cl2
Strunz: 
3.AA.30
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Mercury

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