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Baryte & Cinnabar

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Baryte & Cinnabar

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Description
Locality: 
Clarashall Mine, Ruschberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 5.2 × 2.8 cm
Description

White, tabular barite crystals on typical pinkish, massive matrix with few small cinnabar crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Cinnabar

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