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Cinnabar

Ex Alfred Sülberg Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Clarashall Mine, Ruschberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 2.9 × 6.3 cm
Description

Small red crystals on white to pinkish baryte. The largest barite crystal 1.1 cm. The cinnabarite sit in groups on tabular, translucent barite crystals. With old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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