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Cinnabar & Baryte

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Cinnabar & Baryte

Ex Klaus Petitjean Collection
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Clarashall Mine, Ruschberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5 × 1.5 cm
Description

A very good cinnabar on barite specimen from Clarashall mine. The barite surface is richly covered with cinnabar. These specimens are rare and only come from old collections. The specimen was acquired by Petitjean in 1968.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Tectonica

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