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Cinnabar & Siderite

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Cinnabar & Siderite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Styrian Erzberg, Styria, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3.5 × 1.9 cm
Description

Great rarity from Styrian Erzberg - intense red, lustrous cinnaber crystal set on partly crystalized brownish siderite. This material represents an exceptional rarity from this famous classic locality. Only little quantity was ever found, hard to obtain!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White