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Cinnabar In Baryte

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Cinnabar In Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Clarashall Mine, Ruschberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.6 × 4.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

A good size specimen, floater and in very good condition (just minor erosions) of transparent baryte with hundreds microscopic inclusions of cinnabar. The surface is spotted with undamaged, red lustrous crystals of cinnabar to 1 mm. Hard to find specimen.

Acquired in 1968, it is an Ex Gerard Vogel specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Baryte

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

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