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Cinnabar Gypsum & Aragonite

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Cinnabar Gypsum & Aragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
24.3 × 13 × 5.5 cm
Description

Large specimen covered with whitish aragonite and translucent little crystals of gypsum. The reddish areas are cinnabar included gypsum or aragonite/calcite crystals.

Rare and unusual combo specimen from Lavrion.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

Aragonite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Gallo river, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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