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Cinnabar

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Description
Locality: 
Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 7.5 × 5 cm
Weight: 
220.00gr
Description

A mass of pyrite and cinnabar ore with two display surfaces covered with crystalline cinnabar and tiny cinnabar crystals, there are also minor pyrite and white dolomite crystals, which add contrast.  There are several vugs, which contain small, well-formed lustrous translucent deep red crystals of cinnabar to 2mm. A rich specimen from this historic district.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

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