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Cinnabar Stibnite & Quartz

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Cinnabar Stibnite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Nikitovka, Gorlovka, Donetsk Oblast', Ukraine
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.9 × 1.3 cm
Description

Dark red crystals of cinnabar with grey acicular stibnite crystals and transparent quartz. All the cinnabar crystals are sharp rhombohedra, mostly with penetration twins and lustre of the three minerals is very intense. All the species are richly present on both sides of the specimen.

With a previous label of Falko Baatz (Berlin). Ex Roger Gnat specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Stibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Lead grey

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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