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Cinnabar

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Description
Locality: 
Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm
Weight: 
28.00gr
Description

Excellent crystal of cinnabar of a ruby red color on matrix with small drops of native mercury. The small crystal has an exceptional brightness and color. Today it is impossible to find new specimens in the field as it is fully restored and there is nothing left, not even in the tailings.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

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