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Mercury & Cinnabar

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Mercury & Cinnabar

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Description
Locality: 
Socrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs, Sonoma County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.8 × 1.6 cm
Description

An old specimen of Native Mercury with Cinnabar from the Socrates Mine.   This specimen features small silvery globs of Mercury seeping out of matrix.   The Socrates Mine has long been reclaimed and buried.  

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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