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Cinnabar & Native Mercury

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Cinnabar & Native Mercury

ex. Collection Dr. Winfried Boehmer (Wunstorf/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 4.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

Red cinnabar and silver drops of mercury on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Mercury

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