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Calomel

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mariquita Mine, Usagre, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm
Weight: 
14.00gr
Description

Very rare specimen of calomel crystals at a micro level accompanied by cinnabar, metacinnabar and possibly eglestonite and edgarbaileyite from this small mine in which some rare minerals of mercury, oxides, chlorides, and others are found.
In the last photo you can see the orange fluorescence that calomel presents under ultraviolet light.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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