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Mercury & Cinnabar

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Mercury & Cinnabar

Ex coll. Joachim Schöne, Dresden
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Socrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs, Sonoma County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

Silver white metallic grains and drops of native mercury and red cinnabar all around the specimen.

Found in 1961

Ex collection Joachim Schöne, Dresden

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
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