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Native Mercury Cinnabar & Calomel

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Native Mercury Cinnabar & Calomel

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Description
Locality: 
El Entredicho, Almadenejos, Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.8 × 3.9 cm
Description

Silvery droplets of native mercury well protected in cavities and vugs of the matrix with a very good cherry-red cinnabar crystals and tiny calomel groups. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mercury

Formula: 
Hg
Strunz: 
1.AD.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Tin white

Cinnabar

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

Calomel

Formula: 
(Hg2+2)Cl2
Strunz: 
3.AA.30
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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