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Cinnabar

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Description
Locality: 
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.00cm
Weight: 
49.00gr
Description

A mass of clear and white calcite with patches and a solid mass of bright red cinnabar. In a couple of areas the cinnabar forms as minute spherules on the calcite surface. The specimen has been kept in the dark and the cinnabar has retained its rich red colouring. 

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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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