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Hypercinnabar

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Manhattan, Nye County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

Dark red almost black crystals of the very rare mercury mineral hypercinnabar associated to red cinnabar.

Hypercinnabar has only been found in 6 localities worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hypercinnabar

Formula: 
HgS
Strunz: 
2.CD.15b
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Mount Diablo Mine (Mt. Diablo Mine; Diablo Mine; Ryne Mine), Mount Diablo (Mt Diablo), Mount Diablo State Park, Clayton, Diablo Range, Contra Costa Co., California, USA

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