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Cinnabar On Dolomite

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Cinnabar On Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Tongren Mine, Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

These firey red cinnabar-crystals are sharp terminated, lustrous and gemmy. They are resting on white dolomite, this assemble features highest aesthetic. The crystals are up to 12mm.  A “Fabre-Minerals” specimen with original label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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